How to Enable Support for Multiple Languages in Windows 95

Last reviewed: July 16, 1996
Article ID: Q141306
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows 95

SUMMARY

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

MORE INFORMATION

To install multilanguage support in Windows 95, follow these steps:

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

  2. Click the Windows Setup tab.

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

  4. Click OK.

To enable support for a specific language after following the above steps, follow these steps:

  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

  • Multilanguage 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 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
    
    
  • Multilanguage 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.


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Last reviewed: July 16, 1996
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