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Asked: 2026-05-31T06:50:20+00:00

Whenever I create an new dialog in Visual Studio, it sets the Language property

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Whenever I create an new dialog in Visual Studio, it sets the Language property to English (Canada), same as my system default. However, I have a third party MFC library that’s rather picky, and decides to crash whenever I try to display such a dialog. The solution to the crash is to use English (United States) as the language. I would like for my dialogs to default to English (United States) when I create them. How do I do this?

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  1. Editorial Team

    There is no official way to do exactly what you want, the default resource language and sublanguage depend on the AFX_TARG_XXX macro, which in turn depends on your system default locale.

    However there is kind of hack. Apply it on your own risk.

    1) Close Visual Studio.

    2) Open your resource file in the Notepad.

    3) Replace

    #if !defined(AFX_RESOURCE_DLL) || defined(AFX_TARG_ENU)
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_CAN

    with

    #if !defined(AFX_RESOURCE_DLL) || defined(AFX_TARG_ENU)
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US

    4) Save

    This will change the language of all your existing resources.

    5) Go to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\VCWizards\AppWiz\MFC\Application\templates

    6) There should be folder named 4105. This is the folder for Canadian resources. Move it to some other place. Do not delete it – when you will want to return to Canadian English as your sublanguage, move it back.

    7) Open your VS – now US English should be your default sublanguage for all the new resources.

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