On Windows 8 using Visual Studio 2012 RC on a german system, I get all my Exceptions localized to german, which effectively means I can't google anything useful for them. To solve this, I already used the following to change my IDE to english language:
Tools --> Options --> Internetional Settings --> Language --> English
Nevertheless, I get my exceptions in the localized german language. I tried changing the ThreadUI Culture in code using this code:
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = new CultureInfo("en-us");
Sadly, in WinRT the Thread namespace is gone in WinRT. Therefore I tried:
System.Globalization.CultureInfo.DefaultThreadCurrentUICulture = new CultureInfo("en-us");
I get the german exception message still. Does anyone know how to get the un-localized version of the exception messages?
Your other option is to retrieve and display the Exception.HResult value, which can be searched upon and turned into a useful error message in English.
Another possibility, if these exceptions have Win32 codes, albeit a hack:
[DllImport("kernel32.dll",
EntryPoint = "FormatMessageW",
SetLastError = true,
CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
private static extern int FormatMessage(
int dwFlags,
IntPtr lpSource,
int dwMessageId,
int dwLanguageId,
StringBuilder lpBuffer,
int nSize,
IntPtr[] Arguments);
// used like:
var builder = new StringBuilder(2048);
var res = FormatMessage(
0x1000|0x0200/*System Message, Ignore Inserts*/,
IntPtr.Zero,
exception.HResult,
new CultureInfo("en-US").LCID,
builder,
builder.Capacity,
null);
Console.WriteLine("{0}", builder.ToString());
// throw new StackOverflowException()
// "Recursion too deep; the stack overflowed."
Exceptions have localized messages by design, it's desired behavior. You should change your local computer settings.
