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MVC 5 for Visual Studio 2012 Troubleshooting: Add View & Controller menu options disappeared

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Most developers will update Microsoft ASP.NET MVC 5 by NuGet. But the funny thing is that look at a pic below：

Originally, View and Controller will appear on Add option. But these disappeared MVC 5 because MVC 5 is to adopt Razor 3. Entity Framework Tools and Web Tools won't be installed to work for MVC 5.

It is necessary to install these packages below：

ASP.NET and Web Tools 2013.1 for Visual Studio 2012
Entity Framework 6 Tools for Visual Studio 2012

In case the links don’t work, check the original articles below：

Announcing release of ASP.NET and Web Tools 2013.1 for Visual Studio 2012

ASP.NET and Web Tools 2013.1 for Visual Studio 2012

You will see View and Controller of two options when those are installed. Look at a pic below：