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Restrict the Language and Locale Region (Windows 2000/XP)
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This restriction is used to set the language used in menus and dialog boxes in Windows and prevent users from changing it. When enabled the system disables the menus and dialog boxes in the Regional Options in Control Panel.

Open your registry and find or create the key below.

Create a new DWORD value called "MultiUILanguageID" and set it to a value from the table below to restrict the system to that language.

LanguageDecimalHexadecimal
Arabic10250x401
Brazilian10460x416
Chinese (Simplified)20520x804
Chinese (Traditional)10280x404
Czech10290x405
Danish10300x406
Dutch10430x413
English (Default)10330x409
Finnish10350x40b
French10360x40c
German10310x407
Greek10320x408
Hebrew10370x40d
Hungarian10380x40e
Italian10400x410
Japanese10410x411
Korean10420x412
Norwegian10440x414
Polish10450x415
Portuguese20700x816
Russian10490x419
Spanish30820xc0a
Swedish10530x41D
Turkish10550x41f

Restart Windows for the change to take effect.

Note: If the language specified in this entry is not installed on the system Windows uses U.S. English.

Registry Editor Example
|NameTypeData|
|(Default)REG_SZ(value not set)|
|MultiUILanguageIDREG_DWORD0x00000409 (1033)|
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|HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop|
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Settings:
User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop]
Name: MultiUILanguageID
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: Language Identifier

Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last Modified: November 6, 2002

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