{"id":4825,"date":"2021-11-15T09:38:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T08:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/index.php\/4825\/change-visual-studio-language\/"},"modified":"2023-01-14T21:15:49","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T20:15:49","slug":"change-visual-studio-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/en\/index.php\/4825\/change-visual-studio-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Change Visual Studio language"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whoever has freshly installed Visual Studio (<abbr title=\"Visual Studio\">VS<\/abbr>) and uses a German Windows, probably has Visual Studio in the German language.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, however, one would like to have Visual Studio in English or in another language for personal reasons or because of the company philosophy. This can also be an advantage in international collaboration, when discussing programming together, exchanging screenshots of Visual Studio in the respective language or watching English tutorials on Visual Studio, for example.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/en\/index.php\/5167\/visual-studio-create-method-from-selected-code-lines-refactoringredesign\/\" title=\"Visual Studio: Create method from selected code lines (refactoring\/redesign)\">Visual Studio<\/a> tutorials shown here are in English.<\/p>\n<p>The procedure shown here for changing the language in <a title=\"Visual Studio: references could not be found\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/index.php\/4780\/visual-studio-referenzen-konnte-nicht-gefunden-werden\/\">Visual Studio<\/a> applies to at least Visual Studio 2022 (VS 2022), Visual Studio 2019 (VS 2019) and Visual Studio 2017 (VS 2017).<\/p>\n<p>The procedure is actually very intuitive and not quite as cumbersome as<a href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/index.php\/1001\/visual-studio-windows-application-in-class-library-aendern\/\">changing a Windows Application to a Class Library<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/index.php\/1493\/telerik-references-nicht-verfuegbar-nach-update\/\">disposing of Telerik references<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To do this, go to <strong>Extra \u27a4 Options<\/strong> in the menu in Visual Studio.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/visual-studio-language-change-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2084 size-full aligncenter\" title=\"&quot;Extras&quot; =&gt; &quot;Options&quot; select in VS\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/visual-studio-language-changing-1.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/visual-studio-sprache-aendern-1.jpg 600w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/visual-studio-sprache-aendern-1-300x124.jpg 300w\" alt=\"Screenshot Visual Studio Menu\" width=\"600\" height=\"248\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2084\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 600px;\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2084\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Go to menu \u201eExtras\u201c and \u201eOptions\u201c<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And then click through to <strong>Environment \u27a4 International Settings<\/strong> in the tree menu on the left.<\/p>\n<div class=\"aawp\">\n<div class=\"aawp-product aawp-product--horizontal aawp-product--bestseller aawp-product--ribbon\" data-aawp-product-id=\"3836288354\" data-aawp-product-title=\"Getting Started with C# with Visual Studio 2022 Ideal for Programming Beginners\">\n<p><span class=\"aawp-product__ribbon aawp-product__ribbon--bestseller\">No. 1 bestseller<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"aawp-product__thumb\"><a class=\"aawp-product__image-link\" title=\"Getting Started with C# with Visual Studio 2022: Ideal for...\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/dp\/3836288354?tag=ekiwide0b-21&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1&amp;keywords=visual%20studio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aawp-product__image\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51p1A-FT72L._SL160_.jpg\" alt=\"Getting Started with C# with Visual Studio 2022: Ideal for...\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"aawp-product__content\"><a class=\"aawp-product__title\" title=\"Getting Started in C# with Visual Studio 2022: Ideal for...\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/dp\/3836288354?tag=ekiwide0b-21&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1&amp;keywords=visual%20studio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\"><br \/>\nGetting Started in C# with Visual Studio 2022: Ideal for&#8230; 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Then you have to use the <em>Visual Studio Installer<\/em> to install the additional language package(s). This can be called up via the Windows Start menu.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2083\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 196px;\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2083\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/visual-studio-installer-aufrufen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2083 size-full\" title=\"Launch Visual Studio Installer\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/visual-studio-installer-aufrufen.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/visual-studio-installer-aufrufen.jpg 196w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/visual-studio-installer-aufrufen.jpg 147w\" alt=\"Screenshot Windows Start Menu Invoke Visual Studio Installer\" width=\"196\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2083\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Call Windows Start Menu Visual Studio Installer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then click on the <strong>Button \u201eChange\u201c<\/strong> at the corresponding Visual Studio installation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2086\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 600px;\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2086\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/visual-studio-sprache-aendern-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2086 size-full\" title=\"VS-Installation click on &quot;Change&quot;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/visual-studio-sprache-aendern-3.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/visual-studio-sprache-aendern-3.jpg 600w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/visual-studio-sprache-aendern-3-300x143.jpg 300w\" alt=\"Screenshot Visual Studio Installer\" width=\"600\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2086\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visual Studio Installer \u201eChange\u201c click<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Under the <strong>Tab \u201eLanguage Packages\u201c<\/strong> you can then select the desired languages to be installed. To do this, you have to close Visual Studio if it is still running in the background.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2087\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 626px;\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2087\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/visual-studio-sprache-aendern-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2087 size-full\" title=\"select desired language\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/visual-studio-sprache-aendern-4.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/visual-studio-sprache-aendern-4.jpg 626w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/visual-studio-sprache-aendern-4-300x236.jpg 300w\" alt=\"Post-install screenshot language for Visual Studio\" width=\"626\" height=\"493\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2087\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Select tab \u201elanguage-packages\u201c and then select language<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Now you can restart Visual Studio and go again via <strong>Extra \u27a4 Options<\/strong> and <strong>Environment \u27a4 International Settings<\/strong> to the language selection. The post-installed language is now available and can be selected as the language for the programme interface.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2088\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 501px;\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2088\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/visual-studio-sprache-aendern-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2088 size-full\" title=\"Setting the language in Visual Studio\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/visual-studio-sprache-aendern-5.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/visual-studio-sprache-aendern-5.jpg 501w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/visual-studio-installer-aufrufen-5-300x175.jpg 300w\" alt=\"Screenshot International Settings - another language is now available in Visual Studio\" width=\"501\" height=\"292\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2088\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">post-installed language (English) available in International Settings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After that, you have to close Visual Studion once more and restart it so that the new language setting is applied.<\/p>\n<p>And then you can start programming the actual application and run into the next problems :-), like meaningful error messages \u00e1 la \u201e<a title=\"Error message WPF binding: The StaticExtension value ... 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Or how to determine the <a title=\"NaN: Get UserControl Location on Parent, App, Screen\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi.de\/index.php\/2576\/c-xaml-position-eines-usercontrols-ermitteln\/\">location of a UserControl<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"aawp\">\n<div class=\"aawp-product aawp-product--horizontal\" data-aawp-product-id=\"3836272016\" data-aawp-product-title=\"Windows Presentation Foundation The Comprehensive Guide to WPF Updated to .NET Core 3.0 NET 4.8 and Visual Studio 2019\">\n<div class=\"aawp-product__thumb\"><a class=\"aawp-product__image-link\" title=\"Windows Presentation Foundation: the comprehensive...\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/dp\/3836272016?tag=ekiwide0b-21&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aawp-product__image\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51ky1qt2eAL._SL160_.jpg\" alt=\"Windows Presentation Foundation: The Comprehensive...\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"aawp-product__content\"><a class=\"aawp-product__title\" title=\"Windows Presentation Foundation: The Comprehensive...\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/dp\/3836272016?tag=ekiwide0b-21&amp;linkCode=ogi&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\"><br \/>\nWindows Presentation Foundation: The Comprehensive&#8230; 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