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Can't Add View from Controller in VS 2015 : "There was an error running the selected code generator"

I'm following a video tutorial where I'm required to create an empty ASP.NET Web Application with MVC, using Visual Studio 2015, being new to ASP.NET world, I'm following step by step.

I got my project created well, next step adding a View from an existing Controller, I got hit by a messagebox error saying :

Error :
There was an error running the selected code generator: 'Invalid pointer (Exception from HRESULT:0x80004003(E_POINTER))'

I Googled the problem, found similar issues, but none led to a clear solution, some similar problems were issued by anterior version of VisualStudio, but as I said none with a clear solution.

To clarify what I experienced, here's what I've done step by step :

Chosen a ASP.NET Web Application :

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Chosen Empty Template with MVC checked :

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Tried to Add View from a Controller :

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Some settings ...

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The Error :

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What's causing this problem and What is the solution for it ?

Update :

It turns out that even by trying to add the View manually I get the same error, adding a view is all ways impossible !

Solution

  • Try clearing the ComponentModelCache, the cache will rebuild next time VS is launched.

    1. Close Visual Studio
    2. Delete everything in this folder C:\Users\ [your users name] \AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\ComponentModelCache
    3. Restart Visual Studio

    14.0 is for visual studio 2015. This will work for other versions also.