Can't Create Project or Solution in Visual Studio 2010

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Guido Anselmi picture Guido Anselmi · Mar 17, 2011 · Viewed 13.3k times · Source

So I can't seem to be able to create any new projects or solutions. I can navigate and open existing solutions but cannot create any new solutions. All help is appreciated. See screenshot below:

Shot of my VS instance

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Guido Anselmi picture Guido Anselmi · Mar 23, 2011

Some how I was stuck in "Project Management mode!"

Don't know how I got there, but it was hell.

I reset my settings and it was all good.

You can do that by going to Tools > Import & Export Settings > Reset all settings

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