How to Enable Support for Multiple Languages in Windows

• Microsoft Windows 95
• Microsoft Windows 98

SUMMARY

This article describes how to enable support for multiple languages in Windows 95/98.

MORE INFORMATION

To install multiple-language support in Windows, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.



2. In Control Panel, double-click Add/Remove Programs.



3. Click the Windows Setup tab.



4. Click the Multilanguage Support check box to select it.



5. Click OK.

1. In Control Panel, double-click Keyboard.



2. On the Language tab, click Add.



3. Click the language you want to use, and then click OK.



4. Click OK.

Notes

• Multiple-language support is included in the CD-ROM version of Windows 95, but not in the floppy disk version. If you are using the floppy disk version of Windows 95/98 and you want to enable multilanguage support, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base for information about the availability of multilanguage support:

  ARTICLE-ID: Q135315
  TITLE : CD-ROM Extras for Microsoft Windows 95 Upgrade




• Multiple-language support originally included support for Bulgarian, Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, and Slovenian. The Lang.exe file included in the CD-ROM Extras for Windows 95 Upgrade provides additional support for Albanian, Belarusian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Ukrainian, and Turkish.

Additional query words: multi multilanguage

Keywords          : kbenv win95 win98 
Version           : WINDOWS:95,98
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbhowto 

Last Reviewed: January 26, 1999