Add New Project Dialog Box

Use this dialog box to create a new project for either the current or a new solution. See How to: Create Multi-Project Solutions for step-by-step instructions. To access this dialog box, point to Add on the File menu and then click New Project.

• Project Types
  Displays the categories of projects available.

• Templates
  Displays project templates to create the initial files, references, code framework, property settings, and tasks appropriate for the selected project. When you select a template or a project type, a brief description of that item appears beneath the Project Types frame.

  Note

  If your anti-virus software displays an alert offering to block script that the project template or wizard is running, choose not to block script. If you choose to block script, Visual Studio shuts down. You can prevent this alert from showing when script is run by clearing the anti-virus software's setting for blocking script, however, changing this setting disables all script blocking, not just for Visual Studio.

  In addition to using the templates that were installed when you installed Visual Studio, you can create your own templates or create a project from a downloaded template. For more information, see Creating Project and Item Templates and How to: Use a Starter Kit to Create a New Project.

  For project specific documentation, select one of the following links.

  Topic	Location
  How to: Create Logical Datacenter Diagrams (Team Edition for Architects)	Visual Studio Enterprise - Logical Datacenter Designer
  Blank Solution Template	Visual Studio - Developing Solutions and Projects
  Default Project Templates in Visual Studio	Visual Studio - Developing Solutions and Projects
  New Web Site Dialog Box	Visual Web Developer
  Smart Device Development	Smart Device Projects
  Visual C++ Projects	Visual C++ Development Environment Reference
  How to: Create Application Diagrams	Visual Studio Enterprise - Application Designer
  Extensibility Projects	Visual Studio Automation - Core Extensibility
  Smart Device Development	Smart Device Projects
  Setup and Deployment Projects	Deployment in Visual Studio
  Visual C++ Projects	Visual C++ Development Environment Reference
  Office Project Templates	Visual Studio Tools for Office Reference
  Extensibility Projects	Visual Studio Automation - Core Extensibility
  Advanced WPF Designer Topics	WPF Designer
  Setup and Deployment Projects	Deployment in Visual Studio
  Office Project Templates	Visual Studio Tools for Office Reference
  How to: Create a New WPF Browser Application Project	WPF Designer
  How to: Create a WPF UserControl Library Project	WPF Designer
  Working with Controls in the WPF Designer	WPF Designer
  New Web Site Dialog Box	Visual Web Developer
  Setup and Deployment Projects	ASP.NET Extensions for e-dv_deploy_msi
  Smart Device Development	Visual Studio
  Blank Solution Template	Visual Studio - Developing Solutions and Projects
  Default Project Templates in Visual Studio	Visual Studio - Developing Solutions and Projects
  Extensibility Projects	Visual Studio Automation - Core Extensibility
  Visual C++ Project Types	Visual C++ Development Environment Reference

• Framework Version
  

  Determines the .NET Framework version that the project should target. For more information, see Targeting a Specific .NET Framework.

• Large Icons
  Displays large icons for items in the Templates pane.

• Small Icons
  Displays small icons for items in the Templates pane.

• Name
  Specifies the unique identifier for projects in the destination root directory.

  Note

  For some project types, the Name box is unavailable because specifying the location sets the project name. For example, Web applications and XML Web services are located on a Web server and derive their name from the virtual directory specified on that server.

  Names cannot contain the following characters:

  • Pound (#)

  • Percent (%)

  • Ampersand (&)

  • Asterisk (*)

  • Vertical bar (|)

  • Backslash (\)

  • Colon (:)

  • Double quotation mark (")

  • Less than (<)

  • Greater than (>)

  • Question mark (?)

  • Forward slash (/)

  • Leading or trailing spaces (' ')

  • Names reserved for Windows or DOS such as ("nul," "aux," "con," "com1," "lpt1," and so on)

• Location
  Enter the location where you want to create your project, choose an existing location from the list, or navigate to a location using Browse. By default, new projects are created in the Visual Studio projects location specified in the General, Projects and Solutions, Options Dialog Box.

• Browse
  Displays the Project Location dialog box, which lets you navigate to a new directory to save the project.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Create Multi-Project Solutions

How to: Create Solutions and Projects

How to: Add New Project Items

Concepts

Introduction to Solutions, Projects, and Items

Projects as Containers

Reference

General, Projects and Solutions, Options Dialog Box