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

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] \AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\ComponentModelCache
3. Restart Visual Studio

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

I had this issue with a different error message "-1 is outs the bounds of.."

The only thing that worked for me, was to remove the project from the solution by right clicking the project and selecting 'Remove'. Then right click the solution, Add Existing Project, and selecting the project to reload it into the solution.

After reloading the project, I can now add views again.

Follow these steps to add a view in a different way than the typical way:

• 1) Open Visual studio.
• 2) Create/open your project.
• 3) Go to Solution Explorer.
• 4) Right click on the target folder.
• 5) From the list, choose Add.
• 6) From the child list, choose MVC View Page (Razor) or MVC View Page with layout (Razor).
• 7) If you select the second choice from the previous step, you should choose a layout page for your view from the pop up window.
• 8) That's it!

If you cannot open the view that you are created, simply right click on the view file, choose Open with, and select HTML (web forms) editor then okay.