Unlocking asp.net mvc templates in VS 2008

Question

Ok so i downloaded the asp.net mvc through the web platform installer. Rebooted the machine and fired up VS 2008 express. Lo and behold there were no website/project templates that could setup an mvc project. I did a little research and found out they would not show up in the express version. No matter - i got team suite edition too so i installed that and hoped for the templates to show up. They did not, so i reinstalled the mvc and they still won't show up.

I hate this part of developing - i just want to dognammed tools to work - what am i doing wrong - why won't the templates show up? I can't seem to uninstall mvc now and reinstalling just tells me that it's already installed...

Answer 1

Are you sure? I thought that but it HAS to be .NET 3.5 AND it's a Web Application from the New Project dialog and not through the New Website dialog. Annoying but alas!

Answer 2

If you installed Team Suite after mvc, it won't see the templates. Try reinstalling MVC, it's light and shouldn't take long.

Answer 3

If you have asp.net mvc installed and don't see templates in visual studio, you should try to run administrative command prompt and run devenv - setup so that templates can be registered.

c:\Windows\system32>cd "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE"

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE>devenv - setup

this should help