I've somehow removed my Item templates from my Visual Studio 2008 installation.

When I attempt to add new items ( right click in solution explorer> add new item ) almost all the items are not there.

I uninstalled and re-installed Visual studio 2008 again, but the items are still not there.

I don't have much space left on my C so I didn' t check all options.

Does anyone know how to

a) install the default templates manually

b) which of the Visual Studio installation checkboxes should be checked (if any) for the default templates to be installed.

Hi, 

You can try running the following command from the VS command prompt...

devenv /InstallVSTemplates

To get to the command prompt: Start>All Programs>Visual Studio 2008>Visual Studio Tools>Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt.

The command will run 'silently'. After it's done, open VS and try to add a new item.

I can't answer your second question, since I did a 'Complete' install and then upgraded to SP-1.

I hope this helps,

-Preston

I ended up having to perform a complete install over the top of my previous. Then I ran the devenv /InstallVSTemplates command.

Thanks!

Thanks. Glad to be of help. Sorry you had to reinstall. I was hoping that would not be necessary.

I'm glad you got it working.

Cheers,

-Preston