Issue

Unfortunately after installing ASP.NET and Web Tools Preview Refresh for Visual Studio 2013 Preview, creating SPA VB template will fail.

This post describes how to fix this issue.

Option 1: Fix script

I authored these two scripts (one for x86 and x64) to fix the issue.

Download here

Note:

1. Please ensure your execution policy is correct. (Run command: Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned)
2. Please run the script under Administration Privilege

Option 2: Manually fix

If for some reason you can’t run the scripts, you can fix the issue by altering template files.

• Find your WebTemplates folder. It is usually at C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\WebTemplates
• Go to WebTemplates\MVC\VisualBasic
• If you’re using English version of VS, go to folder 1033. Otherwise you will see a number-named folder older than 1033, go to it.
• Move following files:

  From	To
  Spav5.0\Content\VB\*.css	Spav5.0\Content\
  Spav5.0\Scripts\app\VB\*.js	Spav5.0\Scripts\app\
  Spav5.0\Scripts\VB\*.js	Spav5.0\Scripts\
  Spav5.0\Views\VB\web.config	Spav5.0\Views\
  Spav5.0\VB\web.config	Spav5.0\

• Then edit Spav5.0\spa.vbhtml.vstemplate. Remove all occurrences of “VB\”