(VS2017) There was an error running the selected code generator: 'Sequence contains no elements'

Question

I\'m running through one of Microsoft\'s tutorials on MVC development and I\'m getting errors when trying to create various elements; Views, Controllers, etc.

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Answer 1

Turns out for me that Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Design was restored using the wrong .NetFramework version. So I launched the package manager console (Tools > NuGet Package Manager > Package Manager Console) and typed Install-Package Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Design -Version 3.0.0

This fixed it for me.