Can't finish creating NiosII project

Well, it works for me.

I did File > New > Nios II Application and BSP from Template

Then in the pop up screen in the selection for SOPC Information File Name, I selected device.sopcinfo - the message box showed "C:\Users\krasner\hello\device.sopcinfo"

No spaces in the whole path name.

Then it took a few seconds to process, but it found nios2_qsys_0 as the cpu without issue. Then I was able to generate the hello_world template with no problem.

I am using Quartus 13.1, you use 13.0. That may be the cause of your problems (not sure how likely that is.....)

I would suggest trying to compile your quartus project before you start the Nios EDS. If you can't compile your design in quartus, then you may be having bigger problems with your installation. Also you might want to switch to version 13.1 which I find to be very stable.

Good luck. I'm not sure what else to suggest.