title: Why can't I create a new win32 console visual c++?
body: <p>I'm running visual studio 2013 professional on windows 8
  Now, every time I try to start a new project solution in C++ win32 application, the idle-cursor turns to wait-cursor, nothing seems to happen for a long time, the minute i hit the screen, windows tells me visual studio isn't responding, then I'm forced to kill visual studio.</p>
  
  <p>It keeps crashing</p>
  
  <p>I tried searching for answers, found one about <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17595389/not-able-to-create-win32-console-application">not able to create a win32 console application</a> had a resolution, tried it but I get access denied.</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0&gt;devenv /setup
  
  Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Version 12.0.30723.0.
  Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. All rights reserved.
  
  The operation could not be completed. Access is denied.
  C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>After first feedback</strong></p>
  
  <p>I rebooted, retried using the visual studio command prompt, while running it as an administrator. This time it didn't complain, nor outputted anything.</p>
  
  <p>I also tried running visual studio itself as an administrator, but still get same the effect when attempting to create a new c++ win32 console project. </p>
  
  <p><strong>After more searching</strong></p>
  
  <p><a href="http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/c5aaa761-1a73-440e-bf72-ce70047169d6/help-visual-studio-hangs-creating-new-projects?forum=vssetup" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Based on this reference</a>
  I tried</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li><code>devenv /Resetsettings</code>  ...  didn't resolve it</li>
  <li><code>devenv /ResetSkipPkgs</code>  ...  didn't resolve it</li>
  <li><code>devenv /Safemode</code>       ...  resolved it, but not sure if it's ideal</li>
  </ol>