Hi

When you install visual studio it asks for a layout. the general (default) layout provides two menu items. 1) File 2) New

In other simpler layouts the "New" menu is missing and instead items such as "New project" appear on the file menu. In this mode Visual Micro does not add a "New Sketch" option.

You can change the layout in tools>options or you can simply use the visual micro project options that will appear in the standard visual studio "file>new project" wizard under the C++ section.

If you change layout then "tools>visual micro>reset user interface" will do what you want. Alternatively you can add the menu items yourself using "tools>customize>menu>add command>addins"