The Win32 templates have been renamed to Windows Desktop.
In VS2017, If you want to create the Win32 Console Application,I suggest you could choose File->New->Project. And then choose Windows Desktop Wizard
.As shown below:
![](https://readforlearn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/8Pqfz-1.png)
If you want to create Win32 Console Application, you could select Console Application(.exe)
in Application type. If you want to create the Empty Project, you could check Empty Project
![](https://readforlearn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IO4Ng.png)
In vs2019, if you want to create a Win32 console application, the steps are similar to in vs2017: 1,From the main menu, choose File > New > Project to open the Create a New Project dialog box.
2,At the top of the dialog, set Language to C++, set Platform to Windows, and set Project type to Desktop.
3,From the filtered list of project types, choose Windows Desktop Wizard
![](https://readforlearn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/gK8oj.png)
4,Under Application type, select Desktop application (.exe). Under Additional options, select Empty project.
![](https://readforlearn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/77SKq.png)