title: folderbrowserdialog xp illegal characters
body: <p>When calling FolderBrowserDialog from the Forms library in a WPF/C# user control, Windows XP displays invalid characters. </p>
  
  <p>Code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>FolderBrowserDialog dialog = new FolderBrowserDialog();
  dialog.Description = "Save Parts Template To:";
  
  if (dialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
  {
      MainWindow.Instance.LockUi();
      btn_MakeModule.IsEnabled = false;
      btn_SelectDefinition.IsEnabled = false;
      btn_SelectModules.IsEnabled = false;
  
      _mkPartsInput = tbox_SolutionName.Text.Trim() + ";" 
              + dialog.SelectedPath + ";" 
              + _ofdDefinition.FileName + ";" 
              + _fbdModules.SelectedPath + ";" 
              + _ofdDictionary.FileName;
  
      //Launch processing in background
      _mBackgroundWorker.RunWorkerAsync(_mkPartsInput);
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Instead of showing "Save Parts Template To:"</p>
  
  <p>I get "□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□J"</p>
  
  <p>The FolderBrowserDialog works on Windows 7[x86/x64] but gives the above on WinXP[x86/x64].</p>
  
  <p>I have a feeling an installed language pack may be causing this folder browser to attempt to translate the text.  Is there a way to force English for this text without any translations?  </p>
  
  <p>Thank you in advanced to whoever may resolve my problem.</p>