Does the VS2012 SDK Include the VSIX Project Template?

Question

I installed the VS2012 RC SDK but am not seeing a VSIX Project Template when creating a new project. Am I missing something or is that template in a different SDK or something?

Here is a screenshot:

Do you have ".NET Framework 4.5" selected in the target framework dropdown? — Aaron Marten, Jun 25 '12 at 01:11

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 25 '12 at 22:54

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Ok so this is a bit confusing but the correct place to locate the VSIX Project Template is here:

answered Jun 25 '12 at 22:54

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Sigh. I thought I had, but I actually installed the 2010 version. Oops. – moswald Sep 05 '12 at 02:08
After I installed that SDK there is nothing added at all – Rati_Ge Nov 06 '12 at 21:35
I find it best to use the "search" feature in the upper right corner. That will search all categories and is helpful when looking for a template that is hard to find. – John Papa Jan 05 '13 at 18:52

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

Downloading the Visual Studio 2012 SDK fixed it for me, the VSIX template is no longer missing under C#

You can get the SDK here:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30668

Also be sure you select ".NET Framework 4.5" from the dropdown menu when looking under C#/VB.NET > Extensibility for the VSIX template, or you wont see it. I learned that thanks to this post:

VSIX project template does not exist

Does the VS2012 SDK Include the VSIX Project Template?

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