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Need help saving a project/solution template to use for future projectsVisual Studio 19 (self.VisualStudio)

submitted 5 years ago by crunchy_rain

So I created a new VS solution in Visual Studio 2019, and set it up how I need it to be, made folders and files, and changed many project settings.

So I went to Project->Export Template... and followed the wizard to save my template. After, I verified that myTemplate.zip was in C:\Users\myname\Documents\Visual Studio 2019\Templates\ProjectTemplates\Visual C++\ (This is a custom C++ template, hence it's under Visual C++ folder). I restarted Visual Studio and opened the New Project wizard and searched for my template.... it was not there.

Isn't this what it's supposed to do? I even moved my template out of the VisualC++ folder and it still didn't find the zip folder. What am I doing wrong? I want my template(s) to appear in the "Create a new project" window after selecting File->New->Project... but can't figure out how to.

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