This feature is not available for C++ projects.

From within Visual Studio, the "Export Template..." menu item will often be disabled if you have only C++ projects in your solution. Even when it is enabled, you will not be able to choose a C++ project from the "Projects" dropdown list. In fact, though I can find no official confirmation of this, the new Visual Studio 2005 template system cannot be used for C++ code. Instead, refer to the Visual Studio 2003 template system.

Current (July 28, 2007) link to the Visual Studio 2003 template information: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7k3w6w59(VS.80).aspx

When exporting a template with the Export Template Wizard, the wizard will examine the project and try to find possible replacements, and automatically substitute that code with a replacement variable. Not all values are replaced, such as time, since there are a large number of possible values that need to be scanned for.

Some replacements may be made too agressively. For example, at Microsoft the value of $registeredorganization$ is usually Microsoft. When we export a template, we need to open the template zip file and visually scan for the correct usage of the value $registeredorganization$. This is because some identifiers, such as Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive.ClassesRoot will become $registeredorganization$.Win32.RegistryHive.ClassesRoot.

If you are using your organization name within your templates, then you will need to inspect any exported templates to ensure that any replacements are correct.