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

Question

I\'m following a video tutorial where I\'m required to create an empty ASP.NET Web Application with MVC, using Visual Studio 2015, bei

Answer 1

I ran into a similar issue that prevented the code generation from working. Apparently, my metadata had unknown properties or values. I must admit I did not try all the answers here but who really wants to reinstall vs or download any of the numerous Nuget packages being used.

Cleaning the project worked for me (Build->Clean Solution) The generator was using some outdated binaries to build the controller and views. Cleaning the solution removed the outdated binaries and voilà.