We deliver SDK products for .NET platform including Windows Store, Windows Phone and Desktop. Part of the SDK we provide project and item templates to work with our API.
It seems that Zipped format for project templates isn't supported anymore or they are not unzipped correctly when running devenv /installvstemplates command.
Before Visual Studio 2013 update 2, I could see our project template under Visual C#\Windows Store\CustomFolder\Template. Template was provided as a .zip file. After update, I have managed to get template visible under Visual C#\Store Apps\Windows Apps if I unzip the content into C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\ProjectTemplates\CSharp\Windows Phone 8.1\1033 but I cannot get custom folder visible. If I add template under C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\ProjectTemplates\CSharp\Windows Phone 8.1\customfolder\ template is visible in different leaf in visual studio. This also needs to be unzipped to work.
I can get custom folder visible under Universal Apps if I unzip template to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\ProjectTemplates\CSharp\Store Apps\Universal Apps\customfolder\template.
What kind of changes there have been concerning custom folders on Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows Store project templates? Do we need to unzip templates or should Zipped templates work? How do I get custom folder visible under \Store Apps\Windows Phone 8.1 | Windows Store?