unable to create new project in visual studio 2015

Question

i am not able to create new project in visual studio 2015. The error is access to path is denied C:\Users\good\Documents\visual studio 2015\windowsapplication1\windowsapplication1' is denied.

Answer 1

I got this problem while trying to create a project under a virtual disk path (created by command SUBST), so the solution for me was to create a project under a path the virtual disk path was referring to.

Answer 2

What worked for me is this:

I uninstalled Visual studio 2015 completely and then installed Visual studio 2015 with option for update 3 unchecked.

I guess update 3 can cause this issue.

Answer 3

I had a similar problem in Visual Studio 2017. I removed this folder to get it working again:

C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\15.0_4f8023be

• 15.0_4f8023be is a unique hexadecimal number for my AppData, yours will be a different.

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It might also work by just removing:

C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\15.0_4f8023be\privateregistry.bin

and that way you won't lose your settings and extensions.

Answer 4

i found the solution run visual studio as administrator or

Open visual studio. Tools Menu | Options | Projects and Solutions | Check the checkbox "Save new projects when created".

Also, you can change projects location in same dialog. Change it to somewhere else like D:\VBProjects etc..