title: 'Project creation failed' when creating new Smart Device application
body: <p>I'm running Visual Studio 2008 Professional Version 9.0.30729.1 and am having a serious problem creating a new Smart Device project in either C# or VB.net.</p>
  
  <p>I get the following error when I try to create a new Smart Device application from template:</p>
  
  <p>Object reference not set to an instance of an object ... and a 'project creation failed' message in the status bar.</p>
  
  <p>I have uninstalled and install VS 2008 software from my machine but can't seem to find the cause of this problem.</p>
  
  <p>Does anybody have any suggestions on how I could resolve this?</p>