Visual Studio not creating projects..grr

Hi all,

I'm having an annoying issue where I'm trying to create a new empty C++ project in visual studio, and it doesn't seem to do anything.

On visual studio 2008, I get a "project creation failed" error. So I installed 2005, and it says "Project creation successful", but THERE'S NO PROJECT.

This computer seems to be having weird problems with the registry and permissions, so I assume it has something to do with that, but I don't know. I cannot wipe/reinstall XP for other reasons, so that isn't an option. I've already granted permissions in the registry for the VSWizard stuff.

Any suggestions? Thanks!!

Uninstall, then, reinstall Visual Studio. Do not repair it.

Yeah, I did that. Uninstalled both 2008 and 2005 (fully, I think), then reinstalled 2005. Still same problem.

I have MS VS 2003, 2005 and 2008. I never install them in the same computer or at least the same Partition.

If the computer isn't on a network, create a new user account and install Visual Studio under the new account.

I suspect your registry issues are causing the VS problem.

Btw, I've had VC6, VS2003, VS2005, and VS2008 all installed on the same computer without trouble.

Yeah, it should be possible. Unfortunately, I'm on a network, so it isn't exactly possible. And I don't think creating a new account would help, because the problems seem to be under HKLM. not CU. Thanks for the suggestions though.

Then you might need to reinstall.

Un-installation and re-installation may not solve the problem. You may need to wipe out the Visual Studio XXX folder(s), after you un-installed them.
You may also need to delete registry for the same. Restart PC. Make sure OS is properly configured, no files are missing. Try SFC /SCANNOW.
Then install!