Oh yes, I installed visual studio express edition on a another machine with a clean install (first install) It has the same problems.

which operating system are you running on, is it vista home basic

I am running XP Pro on one machine and Xp Home Edition on the other machine

Wow, Am I'm the only one that has this problem?

Hi i found the file devenv in the following directory path C:\Program Files\Micrsoft Visual Studio\COMMON\IDE\IDE98

i entered the commands as you describe and it could find "installvstemplates"

sorry it could not find "installvstemplates"