updated menu instructions and other refreshes

Author: gewarren

docs/ide/how-to-update-existing-templates.md

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-title: "How to: Update Existing Templates | Microsoft Docs"
+title: "How to: update existing templates | Microsoft Docs"
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-ms.date: "11/04/2016"
+ms.date: "10/19/2017"
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@@ -18,50 +18,62 @@ author: "gewarren"
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-# How to: Update Existing Templates
+# How to: update existing templates
 After you create a template and compress the files into a .zip file, you may want to modify the template. You can do this by manually changing the files in the template, or by exporting a new template from a project that is based on the template.  
 
-## Using the Export Template Wizard to Update an Existing Template  
- [!INCLUDE[vsprvs](../code-quality/includes/vsprvs_md.md)] provides an **Export Template** wizard that can be used to update an existing template.  
+## Using the Export Template Wizard to update an existing template  
+Visual Studio provides an **Export Template** wizard that can be used to update an existing template.  
 
 #### To use Export Template to update an existing template  
 
-1.  On the **File** menu, click **New** and then click **New Project**.  
+1.  Open the **New Project** dialog box by choosing **File**, **New**, **Project**.  
 
-2.  Select the template that you want to update, enter a name and location for your temporary project, and click **OK**.  
+2.  Select the template that you want to update, enter a name and location for your project, and choose **OK**.  
 
-3.  Modify the project in [!INCLUDE[vsprvs](../code-quality/includes/vsprvs_md.md)].  
+3.  Modify the project in Visual Studio.  
 
-4.  On the **File** menu, click **Export Template**, and use the **Export Template** wizard to create a new template.  
+4.  On the **Project** menu, choose **Export Template**.  
+
+    The **Export Template Wizard** opens.  
+
+5.  Follow the prompts in the wizard to export the template as a .zip file.  
+
+6.  Delete the old template .zip file.  
 
-5.  After the updated template is compressed into a .zip file, delete the old template .zip file.  
-  
-## Manually Updating an Existing Template  
- You can update an existing template outside [!INCLUDE[vsprvs](../code-quality/includes/vsprvs_md.md)] by modifying the files in the compressed .zip file.  
+## Manually updating an existing template  
+You can update an existing template outside Visual Studio by modifying the files in the compressed .zip file.  
 
 #### To manually update an existing template  
 
-1.  Locate the .zip file that contains the template. By default, this file is located in \My Documents\Visual Studio *Version*\My Exported Templates\\.  
+1.  Locate the .zip file that contains the template. By default, this file is located in %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Visual Studio \<version\>\My Exported Templates\.  
 
 2.  Extract the .zip file.  
 
 3.  Modify or delete the current template files, or add new files to the template.  
 
-4.  Open, modify, and save the .vstemplate XML file to handle updated behavior or new files. For more information about the .vstemplate schema, see [Visual Studio Template Schema Reference](../extensibility/visual-studio-template-schema-reference.md). For more information about what you can parameterize in the source files, see [Template Parameters](../ide/template-parameters.md)  
+4.  Open, modify, and save the .vstemplate XML file to handle updated behavior or new files.  
+
+    For more information about the .vstemplate schema, see [Visual Studio Template Schema Reference](../extensibility/visual-studio-template-schema-reference.md). For more information about what you can parameterize in the source files, see [Template Parameters](../ide/template-parameters.md).  
 
-5.  Select the files in your template, right-click, click **Send To**, and then click **Compressed (zipped) Folder**. The files that you selected are compressed into a .zip file.  
+5.  Select the files in your template, right-click, choose **Send To**, and then choose **Compressed (zipped) Folder**.  
+
+    The files that you selected are compressed into a .zip file.  
 
 6.  Put the new .zip file in the same directory as the old .zip file.  
 
 7.  Delete the extracted template files and the old template .zip file.  
 
-8.  Start (as administrator) an instance of the Developer Command Prompt (on the start menu, under **Visual Studio 2010 / Visual Studio Tools/Developer Command Prompt**).  
+8.  Start an elevated instance of the Developer Command Prompt:  
+
+  1. In the Start menu, navigate to **Visual Studio \<version\>**, **Developer Command Prompt**.  
+
+  2. From the context (right-click) menu, choose **More**, **Run as administrator**.  
 
 9. Run the following command: `devenv /installvstemplates`.  
 
-## See Also  
- [Customizing Templates](../ide/customizing-project-and-item-templates.md)   
- [Creating Project and Item Templates](../ide/creating-project-and-item-templates.md)   
- [Visual Studio Template Schema Reference](../extensibility/visual-studio-template-schema-reference.md)   
- [Template Parameters](../ide/template-parameters.md)   
- [How to: Create Starter Kits](../ide/how-to-create-starter-kits.md)
+## See also  
+[Customizing Templates](../ide/customizing-project-and-item-templates.md)   
+[Creating Project and Item Templates](../ide/creating-project-and-item-templates.md)   
+[Visual Studio Template Schema Reference](../extensibil0ity/visual-studio-template-schema-reference.md)   
+[Template Parameters](../ide/template-parameters.md)   
+[How to: Create Starter Kits](../ide/how-to-create-starter-kits.md)