Customizing Project and Item Templates

Visual Studio 2010

After project and item templates have been created, you still have the ability to customize them to meet your needs. The following links provide information about the different ways that you can customize Visual Studio project and item templates.

In This Section

How to: Update Existing Templates: Explains how to customize existing templates.
How to: Substitute Parameters in a Template: Explains how to use parameters in templates.
How to: Pass Custom Parameters to Templates: Explains how to use custom parameters in templates.
How to: Launch Specific Files When Opening Templates: Explains how to open specific files when a template is instantiated.
How to: Manually Change the Template Icon: Explains how to change the icon associated with a template.
How to: Change Template Compiler Options: Explains how to change the compiler options in a project template.
How to: Troubleshoot Templates: Describes how to troubleshoot problems with templates.
How to: Use Wizards with Project Templates: Explains how to customize the wizards that create projects from templates.
Templates with Multiple IWizard Implementations: Describes how wizards can now have call multiple IWizard implementations to further extend their functionality.

Related Sections

Creating Project Templates

Creating Item Templates

Export Template Wizard

Starter Kits

Visual Studio Template Schema Reference

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