Asp.net mvc 1.0 "project type not supported" on Visual Studio 2008

Question

I installed (in this order): 64-bit Windows7, 64-bit Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Free Web Platform Installer (WEB PI) - iis7 installed - a bunch of samples ... asp.net mvc 1.0 Visual Studio 2008 sp1

When I open an existing solution with the mvc web application in it, I get this error: "The project type is not supported by this installation" in Visual Studio 2008

I noticed that almost all project templates are stored in the "Program Files (x86)" section, and not in the "Program Files" section ...

I also repaired vs2008, asp.net mvc 1.0 and nothing worked ...

Answer 1

Just try:

Is Visual Studio 2008 upgraded to SP1 (Google to download - its big)?

Are all previous ASP.NET MVC Beta and RC traces deleted?

The project contains MSTest tests, and your version does not support MSTest?

How did you install IIS7 (or rather 7.5 on Windows 7)? Did you do this using the "Add" Remove Windows Components function, did you enable ASP.Net when working in the Internet Information Server?

Can you create a new ASP.Net MVC application, this shows in "Add New Projects"? And copy the Web.config file to the existing one? It may have been created with the previous version, and the build IDs no longer match.

When you install Visual Studio 2008, you accidentally deleted the web application bit in Customize / Advance (don't remember the exact wording), but IIRC displays it as a sibling on a branch where there is a Visual C # option.