In the current folder (VisualStudioItemTemplates) you should have a CSharp folder. That folder should be copied to the inside of the folder: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\18\Community\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates It should substitute 3 files. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\18\Community\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\CSharp\Code\1033\Class\Class.cs C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\18\Community\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\CSharp\Code\1033\Interface\Interface.cs C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\18\Community\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\CSharp\Code\1033\WebClass\Class.cs Now Visual Studio has proper default files.