VS 2017 templates fail unless VS 2015 also installed

[walbourn]

Moved from DirectXTK

I am unable to use the templates from the Getting Started Guide VS 2013 / VS 2015 / VS 2017 VSIX

When attempting to create a new project using the templates I get an error dialog:

Error: this template attempted to load component assembly 
'Microsoft.VisualStudio.WinRT.TemplateWizards, Version=14.0.0.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'. For more 
information on this problem and how to enable this template, 
please see documentation on Customizing Project Templates.

I assume it's simply just looking for a certain version of the component assembly, I think Version 15 would be for 2017. I'm not sure how to get in there and actually edit the template by hand myself.

[walbourn]

A workaround for this is to edit C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe.config and add to the <assemblyBinding> section:

    <dependentAssembly>
      <assemblyIdentity name="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Universal.TemplateWizards" publicKeyToken="b03f5f7f11d50a3a" culture="neutral"/>
      <bindingRedirect oldVersion="14.0.0.0" newVersion="15.0.0.0"/>
    </dependentAssembly>
    <dependentAssembly>
      <assemblyIdentity name="Microsoft.VisualStudio.WinRT.TemplateWizards" publicKeyToken="b03f5f7f11d50a3a" culture="neutral"/>
      <bindingRedirect oldVersion="14.0.0.0" newVersion="15.0.0.0"/>
    </dependentAssembly>

I'll see if I can get this fix into a Visual Studio 2017 update.

[unreal5]

Yes, solve my problems, thx!非常感谢，解决了我的问题！

[walbourn]

Note that this is fixed in Visual Studio 2017 15.3 Developer Preview 2.

[nait123321]

Till now gives out an error, tried and on VS17 and on VS15
http://i.imgur.com/nOXDgxK.png

[walbourn]

If you are not using a VS 2017 Developer Preview build, then the VSIX package needs you to have VS 2015 installed as well as VS 2017.

[nait123321]

Thanks for the quick response. Unfortunately, due to my inattention, I made a mistake in the last message. After installing Preview and a couple of SDK re-installs - it worked.

[walbourn]

The VS 2017 (15.3) update is now available.

[trojanfoe]

This is happening to me now after uninstalling VS2017 and installing VS2019 (16.0.4). I have installed everything UWP-related I can see.

[walbourn]

The VS 2019 version of the issue was reported here and has been filed with the VS Team.

The workaround is to edit devenv.exe.config to change it from:

        <!-- Redirects for Universal app template wizard assemblies -->
        <!-- This is to allow VS 2015 and VS 2017 project templates to work correctly in VS 2019 -->
        <dependentAssembly>
          <assemblyIdentity name="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Universal.TemplateWizards" publicKeyToken="b03f5f7f11d50a3a" culture="neutral"/>
          <bindingRedirect oldVersion="14.0.0.0" newVersion="16.0.0.0"/>
          <bindingRedirect oldVersion="15.0.0.0" newVersion="16.0.0.0"/>
        </dependentAssembly>
        <dependentAssembly>
          <assemblyIdentity name="Microsoft.VisualStudio.WinRT.TemplateWizards" publicKeyToken="b03f5f7f11d50a3a" culture="neutral"/>
          <bindingRedirect oldVersion="14.0.0.0" newVersion="16.0.0.0"/>
          <bindingRedirect oldVersion="15.0.0.0" newVersion="16.0.0.0"/>
        </dependentAssembly>

to

        <!-- Redirects for Universal app template wizard assemblies -->
        <!-- This is to allow VS 2015 and VS 2017 project templates to work correctly in VS 2019 -->
        <dependentAssembly>
          <assemblyIdentity name="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Universal.TemplateWizards" publicKeyToken="b03f5f7f11d50a3a" culture="neutral"/>
          <bindingRedirect oldVersion="14.0.0.0-15.0.0.0" newVersion="16.0.0.0"/>
        </dependentAssembly>
        <dependentAssembly>
          <assemblyIdentity name="Microsoft.VisualStudio.WinRT.TemplateWizards" publicKeyToken="b03f5f7f11d50a3a" culture="neutral"/>
          <bindingRedirect oldVersion="14.0.0.0-15.0.0.0" newVersion="16.0.0.0"/>
        </dependentAssembly>

[trojanfoe]

Thanks, that did the trick!