Windows update KB3205401 on windows server 2012 R2 affecting system functions in Visual Studio

Question

Hi,

Following Windows Update KB3205401, there seems to be a change in Visual Studio's RegionInfo and ISOCurrencySymbol.

The symbol "byr" - the currency of Belarus - which was available and existed before the update, seems to no longer exist.

In general, before the update there were 112 ISOCurrencySymbols in RegionInfo, and after the update - 108.

I was wondering why is this, and how can it be returned.

Thanks

EDIT:

Upon further investigating, seems like BYR turned to BYN,
and the missing currencies are: BTN, CUP, DJF and XDR.

Answer 1

Hi,

This is Visual C# forum. As your issue is related to Visual Studio I am moving your thread to Visual Studio General forum for getting quick response.

Your understanding and cooperation will be grateful.

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Thanks,
Sabah Shariq

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Answer 2

Thanks.

I was not sure where to put it, as the problem is in (Visual Studio) C#.

Answer 3

Hi Movsho,

>>Upon further investigating, seems like BYR turned to BYN,

Yes, according to the MSDN document, it is BYR, but it has been renamed as BYN:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.globalization.regioninfo.isocurrencysymbol(v=vs.110).aspx

My OS in Win10 Enterprise, and MSDN document has an update delay. So I suggest that we had better set the latest symbol as standard. We could not do some settings in Visual Studio. :)

Sincerely,

Oscar

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Answer 4

Hi Oscar,

Thanks for the answer.

Shouldn't MSDN be updated BEFORE the update, so that developers could make the required adjustments to updates such as this?

What about the 4 missing currencies - BTN, CUP, DJF and XDR?
As I understand, XDR isn't a real convertible currency, but why were the others removed?

Answer 5

Hi Movsho,

I helped you submitted a feedback to the VS connect, I think engineers from Microsoft will evaluate this issue seriously. You could comment and vote it.

https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/3120477

Sincerely,

Oscar

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