Useful Resources for Visual Studio like Snippets, Item and Project Templates. The Resources are available in English (1033) and German (1031). The LCID's 1033 and 1031 represents the supported languages by Visual Studio.
By default, Visual Studio searches one location for snippets.
By default, snippets installed together with the product are located in:
\VisualStudioInstallationDirectory\Language\Snippets\Locale\
For example, the following directory contains the Visual Studio Visual C# snippets for English:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 15.0\VC#\Snippets\1033\
By default, custom snippets are located in:
\My Documents\Visual Studio 2017\Code Snippets\Language\My Code Snippets\
For example, the following directory contains custom Visual C# snippets:
C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents\Visual Studio 2017\Code Snippets\Visual C#\My Code Snippets\
Custom snippets do not support a subdirectory for localized snippets.
By default, Visual Studio searches two locations for project and item templates.
By default, templates installed together with the product are located in:
\VisualStudioInstallationDirectory\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\
\VisualStudioInstallationDirectory\Common7\IDE\ProjectTemplates\
For example, the following directory contains the Visual Studio project templates for English:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 15.0\Common7\IDE\ProjectTemplates\CSharp\Web\1033\
By default, custom templates are located in:
\My Documents\Visual Studio 2017\Templates\ItemTemplates\
\My Documents\Visual Studio 2017\Templates\ProjectTemplates\
For example, the following directory contains custom Visual C# project templates:
C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents\Visual Studio 2017\Templates\ProjectTemplates\Visual C#\
Custom templates do not support a subdirectory for localized templates.