How to create an “ATL Project” in Visual Studio Community 2015?

Question

This 2004 tutorial tells me to choose Visual C++ Project / ATL Project in the Visual Studio new project wizard.

PROBLEM: The ATL project type does not seem to exist in my Visual Studio Community 2015.

QUESTION: How to make this option appear? If impossible, what is the nearest option? Tho goal is to write a shell extension in C++.

Answer 1

ATL project support was not installed. To fix this:

1. Click on the Install Visual C++ 2015 Tools seen in the screenshot above.
2. Let the download and installation happen
3. Open the New Project dialog again: The New ATL Project option should appear.

It is doable with the Community version.