How to Add and Enable Additional Languages in Windows NT

 Last reviewed: February 13, 1998
Article ID: Q177561
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server Enterprise Edition version 4.0

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

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Last reviewed: February 13, 1998
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