The Syncfusion templates do not show up in the new project window of Visual Studio.  How can to get them installed?

11 Oct 20181 minute to read

Perform the given steps to ensure whether the Syncfusion ASP.NET MVC Extension build has been installed in the machine or not.

  1. Navigate to the following location:

    {Syncfusion installed location}\Utilities\Extensions\ASP.NET MVC

    Ex: C:\Program Files (x86)\Syncfusion\Essential Studio\15.4.0.17\Utilities\Extensions\ASP.NET MVC.

    Refer the following screenshot for more information.

    Syncfusion Installed location

  2. When the above path exists, it means that the ASP.NET MVC Extension build has already been installed in the machine. So now you can install the following Syncfusion
    Extensions manually:
    • Syncfusion Project Templates
    • Syncfusion Visual Studio Extensions

    To Install Syncfusion Project Templates:

    Navigate to the following location and run the “Syncfusion.MVC.VSPackage.Web.vsix” extension.

    {Syncfusion Build installed location}\Utilities\Extensions\ASP.NET MVC\Project Templates\Web{Visual Studio Version}
    Refer the following screenshot.

    Ex: C:\Program Files (x86)\Syncfusion\Essential Studio\15.4.0.17\Utilities\Extensions\ASP.NET MVC\Project Templates\Web\VS2017

    Syncfusion Project Template VSIX file location

    To Install Syncfusion Visual Studio Extension:

    Navigate to the following Location and run the “Syncfusion Web Conversion and Migration.vsix” extension.

    {Syncfusion Build installed location}\Utilities\Extensions\Project Conversion{Visual Studio Version}
    Refer the following screenshot.

    Ex: C:\Program Files (x86)\Syncfusion\Essential Studio\15.4.0.17\Utilities\Extensions\Project Conversion\VS2017

    Syncfusion Visual Studio extension VSIX file location

  3. If the respective version of Syncfusion MVC Extension is not installed in the machine, download the Extension setup from the following link. http://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/extension/