Symptoms
The follow project wizards no longer exist in Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 as Microsoft Visual C++ templates:
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Windows Form Application
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Windows Form Control Library
Therefore, you can’t create new projects based on Visual C++ templates for Windows Form Application and Windows Form Control Library in Visual C++/CLI (Common Language Infrastructure).
Cause
Windows Form Application and Windows Form Control Library wizards in C++/CLI have been removed from Visual Studio 2012 and Visual Studio 2013.
We recommend that you do not create Windows Forms applications in C++/CLI and instead use C++/CLI for interoperability only.
Visual Studio 2012 and Visual Studio 2013 will still support existing Windows Form Application and Windows Form Control Library in C++/CLI UI applications that were made previously by using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 or Visual Studio 2012.
Status
This behavior is by design and is a recent change in Visual Studio 2012 that is continued in Visual Studio 2013.
For more information about breaking changes in Visual C++ in Visual Studio 2012, go to the following MSDN website:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb531344(v=vs.110).aspx
