How to fix New Project empty list in Blend for Visual Studio 2012 RC?

Question

I have just installed Visual Studio 2012 RC that come with Blend standalone version. When I start a new project the list is empty, there are no templates to choose from.

Do you have any idea how to solve the problem?

Answer 1

With the upcoming update of visuals studio (update 2) support for Silverlight and WPF will return. I think this will work on Windows 7 too. You won't be able to build Windows Store apps though.

You can install the CTP of the update if you like.

If you don't want to update visual studio yet, you can install the Blend + SketchFlow Preview for Microsoft Visual Studio 2012

Answer 2

What version of Windows 8 are you running? The most recently released version of Blend with VS2012 must be installed on Windows 8 Release Preview, http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/release-preview.

This release of Blend targets Metro style app development on Windows 8.

~Lori

Answer 3

Visual studio 2012 update 2 introduce a new version of Blend, witch is working correctly (including new project creation) for silverlight 4, silverlight 5, windows 8 app and so on.