Failed to create Microsoft Visual C ++ 2010 Express project

Question

Before starting, I would like to note that I am running Windows XP SP3.

Recently, I noticed that my installation of MS Visual C ++ 2008 Express will no longer create new projects, but only open previously created ones. Please note that a few weeks before that he could create projects.

Instead of looking for a solution for the 2008 version, I took the opportunity to upgrade to MS Visual C ++ 2010 Express. After downloading and installing it, I encountered the same problem, only this time (I won’t create new projects), I noticed a message at the bottom of the window that read “Creating a project” [project], then I deleted both versions ( 2010 and 2008), rebooted, reinstalled 2010 and ... the same problem.

Then I followed this tutorial, where I (re) registered VsWizard.dll and then changed the owners of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Classes \ VsWizard.VsWizardEngine.10.0 and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Classes \ VsWizard.WizCombo.9.0 for all administrators and users full access / read permissions. This seems to be a solution that a number of other websites offer, but it still didn't help.

Thus, I lose the place where to go next. I, unfortunately, do not have a restore point to return, so I need a different solution, if possible. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

I had a lot of problems and disappointments in solving this "problem", nothing worked. I changed my default ProgramFiles directory to my D-drive, as my C drive starts SSD. Observing the visual studio process, I found that it was looking for MSBuild / Microsoft.Cpp on my D drive (and not on my C drive, where my operating system is located). This is exactly what caused the problem.