Using Language PacksHelp Viewer language is locked to the Visual Studio UI language. To change the UI & Help language you need to download and install the required language pack. To select a different language and access the language pack download page go to (VS main menu) "Tools > Options > Environment > International Settings". ![]() Click the link to access the Language Pack download page. You can download and install one language pack at a time (Tip: When the "Save As: dialog appears prefix the file name with the locale code). Installation can take several minuets to complete and a reboot is required. Once installed, the new language is available in the language drop-down (see above). Here (below) I've selected French, but notice that English downloads are still available. As a matter of interest, you can see the Help registry changes after I installed French & Japanese language packs (I had opened Help Manager but hadn't downloaded anything). English UI & Foreign HelpDevelopers like to test foreign language help under an English UI (or their own language). VS 2012 doesn't allow this. Or does it? If we created a broker application to sit between Visual Studio 2012 and VS Help Viewer we could easily switch the language. See our VS11 Help Debug application. |
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