Create and Install Visual Studio Project Templates

How to create an item template

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms247113(VS.80).aspx

How to get VS to locate the item template

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/y3kkate1(VS.80).aspx

How to install your custom templates

My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Templates\ProjectTemplates\Language\

In order to have a VS item template appear, you need to make sure that you run "devenv.exe /installvstemplates" after you have copied the .zip file containing your .vstemplate and template code file into the %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\ folder.