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Lists the available languages supported by the Windows Multilingual User Interface Pack. Select the check box for each language that you want to install. To remove a language, clear its check box.

Once the languages are installed, each user who logs on to the computer can select one of the installed languages in which to display the Windows menus and dialogs.

Important

If you select Arabic, Chinese (Simplified or Traditional), Japanese, Korean, or Hebrew from this list, the system language files for these languages must also be installed. The Windows Multilingual User Interface Pack will install these files for you, but you will need to restart your computer after installation. To avoid restarting your computer, install the system language files before installing the user interface languages. You can install the system language files from Regional and Language Options in Control Panel.

Notes

To install or remove languages, you must be logged on as a member of the Administrators group.

For information about quiet mode installation, at the Command Prompt, click Related Topics.

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Specifies the default language for all users on this computer. Select the language used by most if not all users on this computer. This setting can also in some cases affect the compatibility of some programs. You can change this setting on the Advanced tab in Regional and Language Options in Control Panel at a later time if necessary.

Note

To specify the default language, you must be logged on as a member of the Administrators group.


Specifies whether older non-Unicode programs use the default language. Select the check box if you use non-unicode programs that match the default language. Selecting the check box ensures that those programs will display text correctly. This setting affects all users on this computer.

Clear the check if you have non-unicode programs that don't match the default user language. An option on the Advanced tab in Regional and Language Options in Control Panel allows you to select the language of your non-unicode programs.

Note

To change this setting, you must be logged on as a member of the Administrators group.


Specifies whether you want the display fonts used on the desktop to match the default user language. Select this check box if you have selected Japanese as your default language, and you expect all users to select Japanese as their default language. Clear this check box if anyone working on this computer uses a language other than Japanese. Setting this option will improve the program compability for some Japanese programs.

Note

This option is only available if you selected the previous check box.


Command Prompt Setup

To enable quiet mode installations, Muisetup.exe accepts parameters entered at the command line. This can be useful either during an unattended installation of the Windows Multilingual User Interface Pack or simply during the addition and/or removal of user interface languages.

To use the command line parameters, use the command prompt to navigate to the directory containing the Muisetup program, and then type:

muisetup.exe

followed by any of the following switches:

/i	(specifies the user interface language(s) to be installed)

/d	(specifies the default user interface language that will be applied to all new user accounts)

 	/l	(matches the language of non-Unicode programs with the default user language; this setting is ignored unless /d is set)

/f	(matches the default shell user interface font with the default user language; this setting is ignored unless /d and /l are set)

/u	(specifies the user interface language(s) to be uninstalled; uninstalls all installed languages if no language is specified)

/r	(specifies that the reboot message should not be displayed)

/t	(hides all messages during setup unconditionally)

When using the /i, /d, and /u switches, the languages must be entered using their four-digit hexadecimal Language ID values. Language IDs should be separated by a space, as in the following example:

muisetup.exe /i 0411 0409 0c0a /d 0411 /u 0414 040c

Important

If you select Arabic, Chinese (Simplified or Traditional), Japanese, Korean, or Hebrew from this list, the system language files for these languages must also be installed. The Windows Multilingual User Interface Pack will install these files for you, but you will need to restart your computer after installation. To avoid restarting your computer, install the system language files before installing the user interface languages. You can install the system language files from Regional and Language Options in Control Panel.

Note

For a list of Windows languages with their associated Language ID values, click Related Topics.

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Language ID Values

The following chart lists each of the user interface languages supported in the Windows Multilingual User Interface Pack and their associated Language ID values (LANGIDs) for use in command-line installations.

Language	LANGID
English (default)	0409
French	040c
Spanish	0c0a
Italian	0410
Swedish	041D
Dutch	0413
Brazilian	0416
Finnish	040b
Norwegian	0414
Danish	0406
Hungarian	040e
Polish	0415
Russian	0419
Czech	0405
Greek	0408
Portuguese	0816
Turkish	041f
Japanese	0411
Korean	0412
German	0407
Chinese (Simplified)	0804
Chinese (Traditional)	0404
Arabic	0401
Hebrew	040d
Note

For the latest information about the Windows Multilingual User Interface Pack, see Relnotes.txt on CD #1.

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