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Hello, I have lock the spell checker to check on only in the language of my windows (French). This is a problem for me because all English words are reported as misspelled.
How to re-add English as a valid language for the spell checker?
I would like to note that: I have not touched any option and that I have not found any documentation corresponding to a possibility of changing the language check (expete for .EditorConfig)
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I tried all of the above to no avail, spell check doesn't handle English words and can only be solved using the add to custom dictionary method. This should be a bug.
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Hello @Valentin THOMAS ,
Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.
Spell Checker is a new feature in Visual Studio 2022(from 17.5 preview 3). Since C#, C++ and Markdown all use English as the language for their keywords, Visual Studio will always use the "English (United States)" or "en-us" dictionary for spell checking. Visual Studio will also ask the instance of Windows for the display language it’s using, and if it’s not "en-us", it will use that dictionary as well. It is by-design currently.
Spell Checker uses editorconfig for configuration, if you want to re-add English, you need to use a .EditorConfig file and set following:
spelling_languages=en-us,fr-fr
Besides, if it worked before then resetting VS(run devenv /ResetSettings in Developer Command Prompt for Visual Studio 2022 ) may also work, see this document: /ResetSettings.
Related blogs: Visual Studio Spell Checker Preview Now Available, Improving the Spell Checker.
Best Regards,
Tianyu
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The two proposed solutions did not work, I reset the global settings my visual studio cella did not change anything. And same for the solution using an .EditorConfig. I tried to unlock the thing by switching all Windows to English then back to my language, but even in English visual studio does not take English. I would like to point out that: the English language package is installed on my visual studio.
Hi @Valentin THOMAS ,
Thanks for your reply. Visual Studio may need some time to detect and use the installed dictionaries.
I suggest you both install language packs from Visual Studio Installer > Modify > Language packs and download language packs from Windows OS > Settings > Time & language > Language & region > Add a language. After finishing installing, reboot your machine or close VS and wait for some time, maybe 5-10 minutes, and restart VS to check again.
On my side, I create a .editorconfig file and add following spelling_languages=en-us,fr-fr for testing. The Spell Checker works in both languages.
It doesn't work, I already have the packs installed.
I have already tried to uninstall and reinstall visual studio but that only creates new bugs on my snippets like visual stuidio to replace text 2 lines below from a snipet field. I think the only solution is to remove ALL visual studio files and reinstall it. However, I don't know their location.
Else i can also reinstall all my windows but I don't want to reset all my development environment and my shortcut in the start file (bad idea for me).
Hi @Valentin THOMAS,
However, I don’t know their location.
Normally uninstalling VS from VS Installer and then uninstalling VS Installer from Control Panel removes VS. You may need to also clean some additional cache files, for example %temp% folder and ComponentModelCache folders in C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\17.0_XXXXXXXX.
Also, there are ways to remove VS manually, see this thread, the detailed directory is a little different for VS 2022(64 bit) => C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio.
Sorry for taking so long to reply, I was on vacation. I completely uninstalled Visual Studio like in the link. That solved another problem I had. But, it still hasn't fixed the corector. I think the problem must come from the computer. However I don't understand why English corector disappeared overnight
Hi @Valentin THOMAS,
Could you share us some screenshots to check further? Did you change any settings which may be related to English(language) on your machine or in VS?
I didn't change anything, it happened overnight. I have the English module on my Windows and on my Visual Studio. But, it seems that Visual Studio completely ignores the English language. I also tried to add an EditorConfig with English as the corection language but it has no effect. ("crushing" and "nusing" are french)
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At this point I think that the problem does not come from Visual Studio but from another parameter of Windows. I tried to switch all my Windows to English but still no effect.
To fix it install or install basic typing functionality. To do it go in :
Start > Settings > Time & language > Language & region. > English (United State)
After add a custom dictionary.