Why unable to add multiple projects for a project template in visual studio?

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I have a solution with few projects under it(5 projects).I have to create an template with the existing solution.
I referred to the article -

[https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xkh1wxd8(v=vs.140).aspx][1]

When i try to add multiple projects in the template it fails.I am able to add only one project to the project template.

What I have tried:

Select Solution->File->Export Templates->
When i try to add multiple projects in the template it fails.I am able to select and add only one project to the project template.

I need to add all 5 project in solution for creating template.What do i do?

Posted 29-Feb-16 0:09am

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Updated 29-Feb-16 0:33am

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Sinisa Hajnal · Answer 1 · 2016-02-29T00:33:00

It is PROJECT template, not SOLUTION template, but you were close:
How to: Create Multi-Project Templates[^]

In short:
To create a multi-project template
1. Create the projects to include in the multi-project template.
2. Create .vstemplate files for every project. For more information, see How to: Create Project Templates.
3. Create a root .vstemplate file that to contain the metadata for the multi-project template. For more information, see the first example in the following section.
4. Select the files and folders to include in your template, right-click the selection, click Send To, and then click Compressed (zipped) Folder. The files and folders are compressed into a .zip file.
5. Put the .zip template file in the Visual Studio project template directory. By default, this directory is \My Documents\Visual Studio Version\Templates\ProjectTemplates\

Good luck!