Double quotes problem in Windows 7
EDIT: Due to big popularity of this post, let me put the solution on top:
If you have a problem with quotes in Windows 7, try to switch the keyboard layout from "United States - International" to "US"
After changing the keyboard layout, you may need to restart your programs or the computer.
ORIGINAL POST:
After installing Windows 7 and Visual Studio 2008, I discovered the following behavior in the code editor:
Pressing the double-quote (") key once would have no effect.
Pressing any key after that would produce both the double quote character and the next character.
The problem was not caused by Visual Studio, but by regional settings - I solved it by switching from "United States - International" to "US" keyboard layout.
If you have a problem with quotes in Windows 7, try to switch the keyboard layout from "United States - International" to "US"
After changing the keyboard layout, you may need to restart your programs or the computer.
ORIGINAL POST:
After installing Windows 7 and Visual Studio 2008, I discovered the following behavior in the code editor:
Pressing the double-quote (") key once would have no effect.
Pressing any key after that would produce both the double quote character and the next character.
The problem was not caused by Visual Studio, but by regional settings - I solved it by switching from "United States - International" to "US" keyboard layout.
Labels: double quotes, visual studio 2008, windows 7

27 Comments:
Thanks
Thanks for that :)
Bravo!
Thanks!!!
"thanks"...:))
great!
thanx again!
Thanx, it works!
Thanks man!
Thanks :)
Dekuji mockrat, Jaro! Thanks mate! ;-)
Thank you.
thank you!
"Thank you!" :)
Nice one - worked for me too, but only after a reboot
Thx alot!
THANK YOU !!!
Big thanks!
thanks a lot!
Thx maybe we have to report the problem so microsoft can fix it ??
There is nothing to fix, this is by design.
Thanks
Thanks!
Thank you.
Thanks a lot.
Don't forget to restart Visual Studio after you change the layout!
This is really helpful! As a coder, this is really a must do if you got problems with quotes. Anyway, you should add in this brief fix that everyone who tries this fix with no results should do a restart and then check it out. Because I'm sure there are many who encountered this problem and had to restart first.
Just a suggestion :)
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