Every time I try to create a new "ASP.NET Web Application (.NET Framework)" project, as soon as I get to the page where I select from Empty, Web Forms, MVC etc and select Web Forms, I get a popup saying
Exception from HRESULT: 0x80041fe4
I'm able to continually try creating these with no luck. I've deleted the folder and retried, I've uninstalled Visual Studio and reinstalled it, all to no avail.
Cora - I encountered the same issue and your steps worked. After VS2019 created the solution folder, I closed it and relaunched it. The second time through, creating the solution and project using exactly the same name it successfully created the solution and project.