asp.net mvc - Can't Add View from Controller in VS 2015 : "There was an error running the selected code generator"

Question

I'm following a video tutorial where I'm required to create an empty ASP.NET Web Application with MVC, using Visual Studio 2015, being new to ASP.NET world, I'm following step by step.

I got my project created well, next step adding a View from an existing Controller, I got hit by a messagebox error saying :

Error :
There was an error running the selected code generator: 'Invalid pointer (Exception from HRESULT:0x80004003(E_POINTER))'

I Googled the problem, found similar issues, but none led to a clear solution, some similar problems were issued by anterior version of VisualStudio, but as I said none with a clear solution.

To clarify what I experienced, here's what I've done step by step :

Chosen a ASP.NET Web Application :

Chosen Empty Template with MVC checked :

Tried to Add View from a Controller :

Some settings ...

The Error :

What's causing this problem and What is the solution for it ?

Update :

It turns out that even by trying to add the View manually I get the same error, adding a view is all ways impossible !

Answer 1

Try clearing the ComponentModelCache, the cache will rebuild next time VS is launched.

1. Close Visual Studio
2. Delete everything in this folder C:Users [your users name] AppDataLocalMicrosoftVisualStudio14.0ComponentModelCache
3. Restart Visual Studio

14.0 is for visual studio 2015. This will work for other versions also.