MFC compiles but doesn't open dialog when built with VS2022+ [closed]

I have a massive C++14, Win32 project that uses legacy MFC. So far, project compiles and works fine at Platform Toolset v142 (vs2019) and latest Windows 10 SDKs.

However, when I set the Platform Toolset to either v143 (2022) or v145, it also compiles without errors or warning, but the CDialog::DoModal() call returns -1.

A call to GetLastError() returns ERROR_RESOURCE_TYPE_NOT_FOUND (1813).

Spent many hours debugging, it seems to be a problem with resource loading. I do have other legacy projects with same build and project configurations that compiles and runs fine with vs145.

I'm completely lost on this!

BOOL CServerApp::InitInstance()
{
    CWinApp::InitInstance();

    if (!AfxSocketInit())
    {
        AfxMessageBox(IDP_SOCKETS_INIT_FAILED);
        return FALSE;
    }

    SetRegistryKey(_T("Local AppWizard-Generated Applications"));

    CWServerDlg dlg;
    m_pMainWnd = &dlg;
    INT_PTR nResponse = dlg.DoModal();
    if (nResponse == -1)
    {
        DWORD dwError = GetLastError();
        TRACE("DoModal failed with error: %d\n", dwError);
        AfxMessageBox(CString("Error: ") + CString(std::to_string(dwError).c_str()));
    }
    if (nResponse == IDOK)
    {
        // TODO: 
    }
    else if (nResponse == IDCANCEL)
    {
        // TODO: 
    }
    return FALSE;
}