(VS2017) There was an error running the selected code generator: 'Sequence contains no elements'

Question

I\'m running through one of Microsoft\'s tutorials on MVC development and I\'m getting errors when trying to create various elements; Views, Controllers, etc.

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Answer 1

My project had a warning against one of the dependancies (Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Design). I removed that dependancy and then rebuilt the project.

I then added a new Razor page and the dependancy was readded to the project - with an earlier version (2.1.9) and I can now add Razor pages without issue.