HOWTO: Add and Enable Additional Languages in Windows NT

ID: Q177561


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SUMMARY

This article describes how to add and enable support for additional languages on a computer running Windows NT.


MORE INFORMATION

You can add, enable, and configure support for multiple languages using the Regional Settings tool in Control Panel. You can also add some languages that are not listed in the Regional Settings tool from the Windows NT 4.0 CD-ROM.

To add an additional language, follow these steps:

  1. Right-click the <language>.inf file in the Langpack folder on the Windows NT 4.0 CD-ROM, and then click Install.

    NOTE: Some languages require files from the I386 folder as well as the Langpack folder. If you are prompted for the location of a file that is not in the Langpack folder, specify the I386 folder and then return to the Langpack folder the next time you are prompted for a file.


  2. Restart your computer.


To enable a newly added language and specify a keyboard layout, follow these steps:

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


  2. Double-click Regional Settings.


  3. On the Regional Settings tab, click the appropriate language, and then click Apply.


  4. Click the Input Locales tab.


  5. In the Input Locales box, click the appropriate language, and then click Properties.


  6. In the Keyboard Layout box, click the appropriate keyboard layout, click OK, and then click OK.


The following table lists the .inf files available in the Langpack folder.

File Description
Arabic.inf Arabic language support
Cyrillic.inf Cyrillic-based language support
European.inf Latin-based European language support
Exchsrvr.inf All code page conversion tables for Microsoft Exchange Server
Greek.inf Greek language support
Hebrew.inf Hebrew language support
Japanese.inf Japanese language support
Korean.inf Korean language support
Schinese.inf Simplified Chinese language support
Tchinese.inf Traditional Chinese language support
Thai.inf Thai language support
Turkish.inf Turkish language support
Us_eng.inf US English language support
Vietnam.inf Vietnamese language support


With the LangPack installed, Internet Explorer 4.0 users can install and use the Japanese/Korean Input Method Editor (IME) for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0. This will allow users to not just display but also input Japanese and Korean text into Web forms and Outlook Express 4.0 e-mail messages. For more information, please see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

ARTICLE-ID: Q186113
TITLE : Internet Explorer Input Method Editor 4.0 for Japanese/Korean

Additional query words: Thailand code pages


Keywords          : kbenv NTSrvWkst 
Version           : winnt:4.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbhowto 

Last Reviewed: March 5, 1999