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Lists the available languages supported by the Windows 2000 MultiLanguage Version. Installed languages appear with a check mark next to them.

Each user who logs on to the computer can select one of the installed languages in which to display the Windows 2000 user interface.

To install an additional language, select its check box.

To remove a language, clear its check box.

Note

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

Important

You also need to install the appropriate Windows 2000 language group for each language you install on your computer. If the appropriate language group is not installed, Muisetup.exe will install it for you, but you will need to restart your computer after installation. To avoid restarting your computer after installing a language, install the necessary language groups before installing the user interface languages.

For a list of Windows 2000 languages with their associated language groups and ID values, see Related Topics.

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Specifies the default language for your computer.

Note

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


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 2000 MultiLanguage Version 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)

/u	(specifies the user interface language(s) to be uninstalled)

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

/s	(specifies that the installation complete message should not be displayed)

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

You also need to install the appropriate Windows 2000 language group for each user interface language you install on your computer. If the appropriate language group is not installed, muisetup.exe will install it for you, but you will need to restart your computer after installation. To avoid restarting your computer after installing a language, install the necessary language groups before installing the user interface languages.

For a list of Windows 2000 languages with their associated language groups and Language ID values, see Related Topics.

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Language ID Values

The following chart lists each of the user interface languages supported in the Windows 2000 MultiLanguage Version, their associated Language ID values (LANGIDs) for use in command-line installations, and the Windows 2000 language groups that must be installed for the user interface languages to display correctly.

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

Installing a user interface language and a Windows 2000 language group doesn’t automatically allow you to use that language with other programs. To do this, you need to install an input locale for the appropriate language using Regional Options in Control Panel.

For the latest information about the Windows 2000 MultiLanguage Version, and answers to Frequently Asked Questions, go to http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/faqs/multilang.asp.

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