title: Visual Studio 2013/2015 C++ Item Templates Missing
body: <p>I am trying to make some simple Item Templates for Visual Studio 2013 (Professional) C++ projects, but Visual Studio seems to be fighting with me.  I started using the <code>File -&gt; Export Template...</code> wizard, which completed and generated a zip file, but alas, the new template was nowhere to be seen on the <code>Add New Item</code> dialog, so I started manually editing it to see if I could fix it.</p>
  
  <p>Here is my test <code>.vstemplate</code> file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;VSTemplate Version="3.0.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/vstemplate/2005" Type="Item"&gt;
    &lt;TemplateData&gt;
      &lt;DefaultName&gt;test&lt;/DefaultName&gt;
      &lt;Name&gt;Test&lt;/Name&gt;
      &lt;Description&gt;Test item template.&lt;/Description&gt;
      &lt;ProjectType&gt;VC&lt;/ProjectType&gt;
      &lt;!--&lt;SortOrder&gt;10&lt;/SortOrder&gt;--&gt;
      &lt;Icon&gt;icon.ico&lt;/Icon&gt;
    &lt;/TemplateData&gt;
    &lt;TemplateContent&gt;
      &lt;ProjectItem TargetFileName="$fileinputname$.h" ReplaceParameters="true"&gt;test.h&lt;/ProjectItem&gt;
    &lt;/TemplateContent&gt;
  &lt;/VSTemplate&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've tried using both <code>VC</code> and <code>VisualC</code> for <code>&lt;ProjectType&gt;</code> and placing the template in various folders, in both zipped and expanded forms.</p>
  
  <p>After changing <code>&lt;ProjectType&gt;</code> to <code>CSharp</code> and creating a C# project it shows up immediately.  Interestingly, if the <code>%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Templates\ItemTemplates\Visual C#</code> directory is empty, the template will now show up if it is in <code>%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Templates\ItemTemplates</code> or <code>%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Templates\ItemTemplates\Visual C++ Project</code> directories, but if a copy of it is also in the <code>Visual C#</code> directory it shows up twice in the new item dialog...</p>
  
  <p>I know there was a bug with the Visual Studio 2013 Express RC where the New Item dialog wouldn't show any templates at all, even the built-in ones, so I'm thinking this might be a bug in Visual Studio, or just another example of Microsoft's disturbing disregard for C++.</p>
  
  <p>Is there something I'm missing here or is this a bug with VS2013?  If so does anyone know of any workaround?</p>
  
  <p>Edit: This problem still exists in Visual Studio 2015 RC</p>