Creating a Project Template

Learn how to create our own project template in Visual Studio.

The Export Template Wizard is used to create custom project templates. We will use the empty project that we just created as the basis for a custom project template. We do this as follows:

  1. Return to Visual Studio.
  2. From the “Project” menu, select the “Export Template” option to open the Export Template Wizard window.
  3. Select “Project template” on the “Choose Template Type” dialog and click the “Next” button:
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The Choose Template Type dialog
The Choose Template Type dialog
  1. Complete the “Select Template Options” dialog as shown in the following screenshot and click the “Finish” button:
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The Select Template Options dialog
The Select Template Options dialog

After we click the “Finish” button, our new project template will be saved to the folder indicated in the “Output location” field on the ...