How to: Restore Default Project Templates
If you accidentally delete the default project templates that are included with Visual Studio, you can use this procedure to restore them without reinstalling Visual Studio.
To restore the default project templates
In the command prompt, navigate to the location of devenv.exe. This file is located in <Visual Studio Installation Path>\Common7\IDE.
Type "devenv /installvstemplates" and press Enter.
Note
If you are using an Express Edition of Visual Studio, type "<ExpressName>Express /installvstemplates" where <ExpressName> is either VB, VJS, or VCS for Visual Basic, Visual J#, and Visual C#, respectively.
If this procedure does not restore the default templates, reinstall Visual Studio.
See Also
Concepts
How to: Locate and Organize Project and Item Templates
Default Project Templates in Visual Studio