Can't find Windows Forms Application for C++

Solution 1:

There are no C++ Windows Form templates in Visual Studio 2015. As I see it, you have two choices:

• When creating a new project, You will see an online dropdown, click that and try to search for "C++ Windows Forms".

• Create an empty C++ CLR project and add a Windows Forms to it. This link puts it like this (credit to the onContentStop, the user who posted this):

  1. Make a "CLR Empty Project".
  2. Press Ctrl-Shift-A and create a Windows Form (under UI).

  3. Inside the CPP file that is created, paste this code, replacing anything in square brackets except [STAThread] with the appropriate names:

     #include "[FORM NAME].h"
     
     using namespace System;
     using namespace System::Windows::Forms;
     
     [STAThread]//leave this as is
     void main(array<String^>^ args) {
         Application::EnableVisualStyles();
         Application::SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
         Application::Run(gcnew [PROJECT NAME]::[FORM NAME]);
     }
     

  4. Right click your project in the Solution Explorer and click Properties.

  5. Under Configuration Properties > Linker > Advanced, change Entry Point to "main" (without quotation marks).
  6. Under Configuration Properties > Linker > System, change SubSystem to "Windows (/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS)" (without quotation marks).

Solution 2:

Though this has already been answered, I feel like this might help those who stumble across this in the future. While creating a new project, directly above the text field for naming your project, there is a blue link that reads "Click here to go online and find templates" If you click that link it will direct you to templates that are available for you to download & use. Simply use the hierarchy on the left hand side and navigate to Visual C++ and you should be able to simply click "C++ Windows Forms" and it will create the new project, while also downloading and installing the template for future use. So, next time you go to create a C++ Winform you wont have to search for it again.