Intellisense, in case you didn't know!). Towards the top you'll see a list of project types associated with this project, each one represented by a GUID . < ProjectTypeGuids > {603c0e0b-db56-11dc-be95-000d561079b0};{349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21};{F184B08F-C81C-45F6-A57F-5ABD9991F28F} </ ProjectTypeGuids > The first GUID there (the one that starts with "603c") is the one used by ASP.NET MVC