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Visual Studio 2022 - Getting 'The operation could not be completed' when trying to add a new project to a solution

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Could someone explain I just started working with I'm relatively new to this, so bear with me. After trying multiple solutions online, I still can't figure this out. I'm experiencing an scenario with Visual Studio 2022 where I get an behavior message stating 'The operation could not be completed' when attempting to add a new project to an existing solution. I have a solution that consists of multiple projects targeting .NET 6.0, and I'm trying to add a new class library project to it. When I right-click on the solution in Solution Explorer and select 'Add' -> 'New Project', I can see the project templates loading, but as soon as I select 'Class Library' and click 'Next', I get this behavior. I've tried restarting Visual Studio, cleaning the solution, and even removing the `.vs` folder, but nothing seems to work. Here’s a snippet of the `.sln` file to give some context: ```text Visual Studio 17 Version 17.0.31916.239 Project("{GUID}") = "ExistingProject1", "ExistingProject1\ExistingProject1.csproj", "{GUID}" EndProject Project("{GUID}") = "ExistingProject2", "ExistingProject2\ExistingProject2.csproj", "{GUID}" EndProject Global GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU EndGlobalSection EndGlobal ``` I've also checked the Visual Studio extensions and updates, and everything is up to date. The behavior is quite vague, and I'm not sure how to troubleshoot this further or if there's a specific log file I should check for more detailed behavior information. Any insights on how to solve this would be greatly appreciated! My development environment is Linux. Any ideas what could be causing this? Is there a better approach? I'm working in a Windows 11 environment. What's the best practice here? The stack includes C# and several other technologies. What are your experiences with this? For reference, this is a production desktop app. What am I doing wrong?