title: Adding Web API and folder references to empty ASP.NET project with Visual Studio 2012 Express for Web
body: <p>I'm trying to follow <a href="http://www.asp.net/web-api/overview/getting-started-with-aspnet-web-api/tutorial-your-first-web-api" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this guide</a> in order to create a web API in an empty ASP.NET project. Upon creating the project, the author gets <a href="http://i2.asp.net/media/4410055/getstarted02.PNG?cdn_id=2013-11-14-001" rel="nofollow noreferrer">an additional dialog</a> that asks him if he wants folders and core references added for a couple of things, including Web API. I am not getting that option on Visual Studio 2012 Express for Web. All I'm getting is this dialog, which immediately creates the project upon being submitted:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/7AT22.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>How can I easily add all necessary references and folders to work with Web API? I am not looking at creating an MVC project, or anything else other than an empty ASP.NET project.</p>