
Once you have downloaded the Sitecore TDS. For example in VS 2013 it should be: Path to directory\Visual Studio 2013\Templates\ProjectTemplatesĬlick OK when you are done and now you should see the Sitecore TDS Project Template when you try to create a new project.Īlso, please note that if Visual Studio is running in Safe Mode add-ins are NOT loaded. Locate the Visual Studio user project template location. Under the Projects and Solutions highlight the General settings In Visual Studio go to Tools > Options menu.

You should make sure that the Visual Studio User Project Template Location in Visual Studio is pointing to the desired location. If you have relocated the My Documents folder to a different directory, the Visual Studio path does not get updated. Located at:Ĭ:\Users\\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0\ProjectTemplates Once you selected the version of Sitecore TDS that matches the version(s) of Visual Studio you work with you are ready to install.īy default Sitecore TDS wants to install the project templates (TDSProject.zip) in the My Documents folder on your C: drive. Unzip the files to a directory of your choice to install from. The zip file you downloaded from the Sitecore TDS website contains a version of Sitecore TDS to match up with the version of Visual Studio that you are running. It is recommended that you shut down all running applications prior to beginning the install process. Installing Sitecore TDS is a quick and easy process.

