C# Error CS2016 – Code page ‘{0}’ is invalid or not installed

C# Error

CS2016 – Code page ‘{0}’ is invalid or not installed

Reason for the Error & Solution

Code page ‘codepage’ is invalid or not installed

The compiler option was passed an invalid value.

The following sample generates CS2016:

// CS2016.cs  
// compile with: /codepage:x  
// CS2016 expected  
class MyClass  
{  
   public static void Main()  
   {  
   }  
}