Create SharePoint 2013 Project on your local machine where you don't have SharePoint 2013 installed in Visual Studio 2013
Go to the SharePoint Server where you have SharePoint 2013 is installed & follow the steps: Go to Run and type "regedit" Navigate towards HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office Right click on 15.0 and click Export. Save the exported file Now go to your machine where SharePoint is not installed and follow these steps: Now open Registry on your machine Import the 15 directory which was exported from SharePoint server Open Powershell Run this command Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\web server extensions\15.0\" -Name "Location" -Value "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\" Now open visual studio 2013 & create new solution for SharePoint 2013 , You won't get any error message.