Visual Studio 2013 > New project > unspecified error (exception from hresult: 0x80004005 (e_fail))

Question

Can anybody shed any light on the above error? I\'ve tried with both Express and Ultimate editions of VS 2013.

I\'m running 64-bit Windows 7.

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Answer 1

I had the same issue and scavenged the internet for solutions, because I did not want to reinstall VS 2013, only to find my solution in someone else's problem (oh the irony).

I had this error because my applicationhost.config was blank. I figured this part out when I realised that the project was created, just not added to the solution. So, I tried adding the project manually and it claimed that there was an error in applicationhost.config file. I go to see it, and it was empty.
For whatever reason this happens, it stops the IISexpress.exe from working either.
So, I deleted the applicationhost.config file and tried adding the project to the solution, and voila, everything works like a charm.