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/LCID (devenv.exe)

Visual Studio 2012

Sets the default language used for text, currency, and other values within the integrated development environment (IDE).

devenv {/LCID|/l} LocaleID

Arguments

LocaleID: Required. The LCID (locale ID) of the language you specify.

Remarks

Loads the IDE and sets the default natural language for the environment. This change is persisted between sessions and reflected on the International Settings pane of the Environment options in the Options dialog box in the IDE.

If the specified language is not available on the user's system, the /LCID switch is ignored.

The following table lists the LCIDs of the languages supported by Visual Studio.

Language	LCID
Chinese (Simplified)	2052
Chinese (Traditional)	1028
English	1033
French	1036
German	1031
Italian	1040
Japanese	1041
Korean	1042
Spanish	3082

Example

This example loads the IDE with English resources strings.

devenv /LCID 1033

Reference

Devenv Command Line Switches

International Settings, Environment, Options Dialog Box

Other Resources

Arranging and Using Windows in Visual Studio

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