Error creating new MVC project - EF and JQuery

Question

Whenever I create a new MVC project, I am getting an error - failed to initialize Powershell host, for the entity framework and Jquery. The error: The following packages failed

Answer 1

This problem is fairly common - as there are multiple links to the MSDN forums and references to the workaround. I tried troubleshooting with the Package Manager in Visual Studio and noticed that it was frozen - with a reference to looking for C:\Program Files (x86)\7-Zip\7z.exe. No idea why, but I checked my system and sure enough, I have 7z installed in the standard Program Files (not x86). I made a copy in the x86 folder, reloaded Visual Studio and Visual Studio is now happy again. Not sure why there is a dependancy on 7zip in the Visual Studio Package Manager - but hopefully this will help another programmer ...