ASP.NET Web Application template missing in Visual Studio 2012

Question

has anyone else dealt with this? My ultimate goal is to create a new empty web api project. I\'ve been following tutorials and I\'ve encountered the following issue:

My

Answer 1

I came across your question as I had the same problem. When I first installed Visual Studio I didn't tick the box to install the Web Components. Here is how I solved the issue:

1. Close all your instances of Visual Studio.
2. Run the Visual Studio Installer (I found mine in the Downloads folder still and was named "vs_professional.exe").
3. For VS 2013 a grey window appears similar to when first installing VS.
4. When prompted select "Modify" from the list of options.
5. Tick the list item which I think was named "Web Development" or something similar.
6. Click update.
7. Once the installer has finished running launch Visual Studio.

When selecting New Project in Visual Studio I can now see the required templates.

Answer 2

Try to select Framework 4.5. The Framework 4.0 don't have :)

Jorge Rocha

Answer 3

kale909's solution worked for me. I just added pics here to make it more clear: then here:

Answer 4

If you have ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Application as an option under Web when you select it as a new project the project window pops up and you will be able to select Web API.