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Changing region and language

  • 12-10-2005 10:32am
    #1
    Evil Phil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭


    Can region and language be changed from the command prompt?

    I want to write a batch file so I don't have to do it manually as my arabic isn't very good :D


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  • #2
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,591 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Which version of windows ?
    How do you change it at present ?

    Stupid question but are you sure an Arabic install has a windows option too, only asking because M$ don't usually let you change langague unless they two are similar or when they are trying to gain market share or not fully localised or something.


  • #3
    Evil Phil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    Sorry it's Windows XP Pro (sp2). Change it through Regional And Language options in the control panel. Oh yeah, there is an arabic install option (Hebrew too).


  • #4
    theexis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 131 ✭✭theexis


    Capt'n Midnight wrote:
    M$ don't usually let you change langague unless they two are similar or when they are trying to gain market share or not fully localised or something.

    Guess you never moved from Win9x.


  • #5
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    Capt'n Midnight wrote:
    M$ don't usually let you change langague unless they two are similar or when they are trying to gain market share or not fully localised or something.

    I'm not really sure what you mean there, though I am aware of an issue that runs right up to the latest version of Windows. Unicode fonts won't display certain languages properly in programs unless the language is properly set in the Regional Settings. Something to do with what API calls are used, or something similar.


  • #6
    theexis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 131 ✭✭theexis


    Thats an application problem, i.e. the application itself is not UNICODE enabled. For this, the OS has to run it under some ANSI codepage (and for language that have no codepage like Hindi you're out of luck).


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