VS Create or open assembly resources gives "The system cannot find the file specified."

[0101]

Visual Studio Version

17.4-32814.25-main
Also happens on VS 17.3

Summary

Error "The system cannot find the file specified.(Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007002)" happens when clicking "create or open assembly resources" for F# project.

Steps to Reproduce

1. New F# project. E.g F# console(.net)
2. Click properties for project -> create or open assembly resources under resources tab

Expected Behavior

It works.

Actual Behavior

Error popup, see screenshot

User Impact

All users affected when using this feature. Not critical.

[0101]

Is this something that needs to be fixed on the F# (VSIX) side or can you do it in project system?

[ocallesp]

The code that appears in the stack trace haven't change in a while (Nov 2021).
Based on the stack trace it seems that either the template doesn't exist or it is not supported by the project.

I can see that we are missing to check the output from the method
AbstractFindByNameUnderAppDesignerSpecialFileProvider.EnsureAppDesignerFolderAsync() which can return null meaning that the special file is not handled by the project.

This code is using the private service ICreateFileFromTemplateService and it is called here:

The "ResourceInternal.zip" doesn't exist for F#

[ocallesp]

I would move this bug to the F# team and let them check if this is an installation issue or they need to add this ResourceInternal.zip for F#