Debugger watch window codepage

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When displaying a char buffer in the Watch window, how does the debugger determine which codepage to use? It's obviously neither the system default locale of the computer, nor the thread locale of the debuggee process.

Before VS2015, I recall this was not a problem. The system default locale was being used.

Seva Alekseyev · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-19 16:36:34Z

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For char strings, the user locale is being used, not the system default locale. For chars, it's system default. Bizarre.

To change the user locale, start Control Panel, Region and Language, Formats tab, choose the right language. VS picks up locale changes even without a restart.

It's a minor Visual Studio bug. If affected, vote for it here: https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/2330394/debugger-watch-shows-char-strings-with-wrong-codepage

answered Feb 19, 2016 at 16:36

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