Visual Studio 2022 doesn't contain project, doesn't build a solution and doesn't create projects in the designated folder.

Question

Hello, I have just bought a new laptop and I have installed VS 2022 on Windows 11. However when I create a new Console Project for C# i can't see the .cs project, nor can i build it and when i click on "Attach" it oppens an "Attach to Process" window instead of building my solution. I tried to reinstall VS and do all the windows updates, however nothing I tried worked. I will attach two pictures for reference. VS2022 Problem.png VS2022 Problem 2.png

Answer 1

Hi @DyakovL, 

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

Please check your System environment variables if there are two paths to dotnet.
C:\Program Files\dotnet
C:\Porgram Files (x86)\dotnet

If so, please delete this one: C:\Porgram Files (x86)\dotnet.
Then, restart your computer and check if the project can be created normally.

Sincerely,

Anna

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Answer 2

You don't have any project open so none of the above will work. Notice in Solution Explorer that there is no C# project node. I'm not sure how you created your C# project but in Visual Studio do the following to create a project that you can run.

1. Either start Visual Studio or, if it is already running, go to the File\Start Window menu.
2. In the Start Window select Create a new project.
3. In the project wizard either select a project template or type in the template name in search to find it. For a C# console app you can use Console App. Ensure that the tags include C#. Click Next.
4. In the new project dialog provide a project name (should be a valid C# name) and optionally change the path where the project would be stored. If you already have a solution open then it will default to adding the project to the open solution otherwise it will give you a default solution name that matches the project. Click Next.
5. In the next dialog you can leave the defaults which are most likely .NET 6.0. Click Create to create the project.

Notice the solution has a project node for C# under it and the C# source file(s) are under that. When you build the solution (or debug/run) then it'll compile (and run) all projects in the solution.

When you close and reopen Visual Studio this new project should show up in the recent list so you can just open it from there.