How to Change the Country/Region and Language for the Channel Bar

ID: Q175370

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SUMMARY

This article describes how to change the Channel bar contents for a different Country/Region and language after you have installed Internet Explorer.

NOTE: The information in this article applies only if you have installed Internet Explorer from the Internet Explorer CD-ROM.

MORE INFORMATION

During the installation of Internet Explorer, Active Setup prompts you to select a Country/Region and language. The Channel bar displays links to various companies and publishers based on the Country/Region and language you select.

To Change the Channel Bar Contents for a Different Country/Region

To change the channel bar contents for a different Country/Region, follow these steps:

1. Insert the Internet Explorer CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive, and then 

   close the Welcome screen if it appears.
2. Click Start, point to Programs, and then click MS-DOS Prompt (in 
   Windows 95) or Command Prompt (in Windows NT).
3. At the command prompt, type the following commands, pressing ENTER 
   after each command

      cd\ 
      md ietemp
      extract /e /l <drive>:\ietemp <CD-ROM>:<path>\<language>.cab

   where <drive> is the hard disk on which the Ietemp folder is located,
   <CD-ROM> is the drive letter assigned to the CD-ROM drive,
   <language>.cab is the appropriate cabinet file from the list below,
   and <path> is one of the following paths:

    - Internet Explorer Plus 4.0 CD-ROM:           Win95\Eng\Packages
    - Internet Explorer 4.0 Commemorative CD-ROM:  En\Ie40
4. Type "exit" (without quotation marks), and then press ENTER.

5. Click Start, point to Programs, click Windows Explorer, and then 

   double-click the Ietemp folder.
6. Right-click the <language>.inf file, and then click Install, where 
   <language> is the Country/Region and language you selected in step 3.
7. Close the Ietemp folder, click Start, click Shut Down, click Restart 
   (or Restart The Computer), and then click Yes or OK.
8. Delete the Ietemp folder you created in step 3. For information about 
   how to delete a folder, click Start, click Help, click the Index tab,
   type "deleting" (without quotation marks), click Files Or Folders,
   click Display, and then click Display.

Country/Region and Language Cabinet Files

   Country/Region                Cabinet File
   -----------------------------------
   Argentina              Chles_ar.cab
   Australia              Chlen_au.cab
   Austria                Chlde_at.cab
   Barbados               Chlen_bb.cab
   Belgium (Dutch)        Chlnl_be.cab
   Belgium (French)       Chlfr_be.cab
   Belize                 Chlen_bz.cab
   Brazil                 Chlpt_br.cab
   Canada                 Chlen_ca.cab
   Chile                  Chles_cl.cab
   China                  Chlzh_hk.cab
   Colombia               Chles_ca.cab
   Costa Rica             Chles_cr.cab
   Croatia                Chlhr_hr.cab
   Czech Republic         Chlcs_cz.cab
   Denmark                Chlda_dk.cab
   Dominican Republic     Chles_do.cab
   El Salvador            Chles_sv.cab
   Finland                Chlfi_fi.cab
   France                 Chlfr_fr.cab
   Germany                Chlde_de.cab
   Greece                 Chlel_gr.cab
   Guatemala              Chles_gt.cab
   Guyana                 Chlen_gy.cab
   Honduras               Chles_hn.cab
   Hong Kong              Chlzh_hk.cab
   Hungary                Chlhu_hu.cab
   India                  Chlhi_in.cab
   Indonesia              Chlin_id.cab
   Ireland                Chlen_ie.cab
   Italy                  Chlit_it.cab
   Jamaica                Chlen_jm.cab
   Japan                  Chljp_jp.cab
   Malaysia               Chlml_my.cab
   Mexico                 Chles_mx.cab
   Middle East            Chlen_me.cab
   Netherlands            Chlnl_nl.cab
   New Zealand            Chlen_nz.cab
   Nicaragua              Chles_ni.cab
   Norway                 Chlno_no.cab
   Panama                 Chles_pa.cab
   Peru                   Chles_pe.cab
   Philippines            Chlen_ph.cab
   Poland                 Chlpl_pl.cab
   Portugal               Chlpt_pt.cab
   Puerto Rico            Chles_pr.cab
   Republic of Korea      Chlko_kr.cab
   Russia                 Chlru_ru.cab
   Singapore              Chlzh_sg.cab
   Slovenia               Chlsl_si.cab
   South Africa           Chlen_za.cab
   Spain                  Chles_es.cab
   Surinam                Chlen_sr.cab
   Sweden                 Chlsv_se.cab
   Switzerland (French)   Chlfr_ch.cab
   Switzerland (German)   Chlde_ch.cab
   Taiwan                 Chlzh_tw.cab
   Thailand               Chlth_th.cab
   Trinidad               Chlen_tt.cab
   Turkey                 Chltr_tr.cab
   United Kingdom         Chlen_uk.cab
   United States          Chlen_us.cab
   Uruguayan              Chles_uy.cab
   Venezuela              Chles_ve.cab
For more information about using the Extract tool, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

      ARTICLE-ID : Q129605
      TITLE      : How to Extract Original Compressed Windows Files
Additional query words: 4.00 
Keywords          : kbenv msiew95 msient 
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0,4.01
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: November 10, 1998