I have recently started using Visual Studio 2019 for my C++11 project. VS2019 converted the project and it compiles into an executable. But I can\'t open my resource (.rc) f
This solution helped for me: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/comments/96766/view.html
When you have multiple language settings in your Windows, remove all but one. I had to leave the English (US) option. Then the resource opens again without problems. Hope this helps someone (or myself in the future as this is the second time I spend an hour to search for a solution).