How to name folder in a different language on Windows 7?

[SS1389]

The title says it all.

[ProgrammingFun]

Install the language pack for that language...but I am assuming you don't have Windows Ultimate.
In that case: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Type-in-Chinese-Japanese-and-other-character-based-languages

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[SS1389]

I actually have a key for Ultimate. Haha, thanks PF.

[ProgrammingFun]

SS1389 @ Wed Mar 16, 2011 2:42 pm wrote:

I actually have a key for Ultimate. Haha, thanks PF.

The brown source?

[SS1389]

Mr. Ak, yes BTW How do you read a different language (i.e. for a folder) on Windows 7 Home Premium? I don't want that language as my default language, I just want to be able to read that language instead of getting these weird rectangles as the folder name ...

[ProgrammingFun]

I believe that it is only one at a time:

Quote:

Originally Posted by the Windows help and support file


Install or change a display language

You can change the language Windows uses to display text in wizards, dialog boxes, menus, and other items in the user interface. Some display languages are installed by default, while others require you to install additional language files.
Before you can install a display language, you need access to the language files. These files can be found on your computer, a computer in your network, or your Windows DVD. They can also be downloaded from the web. For more information, see How do I get additional display languages?

1. To install a Language Interface Pack (LIP), double-click the file to open the setup program. To install a Multilingual User Interface Pack (MUI), follow these steps:
2. Click to open Region and Language.
3. Click the Keyboards and Languages tab.
4. Under Display language, click Install/uninstall languages, and then follow the steps. [IMG]mshelp://windows/?id=18abb370-ac1e-4b6b-b663-e028a75bf05b[/IMG] If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
Note
* The Display language section will only be visible if you have already installed an LIP or if your edition of Windows supports an MUI. MUIs are only available in Windows 7 Ultimate and Windows 7 Enterprise.

1. When you change the display language, the text in menus and dialog boxes for some programs might not be in the language that you want. This happens because the program might not support Unicode. For more information about changing the text in menus and dialog boxes for programs that don't support Unicode, see Change the system locale.
If you want to set the display language for multiple users or for the Welcome screen, see Apply regional and language settings to reserved accounts.
2. Click to open Region and Language.
3. Click the Keyboards and Languages tab.
4. Under Display language, choose a language from the list, and then click OK.
Note
* If you don't see the list of display languages, you need to install additional language files.

[OneOffDriveByPoster]

SS1389 @ Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:29 pm wrote:

Mr. Ak, yes BTW How do you read a different language (i.e. for a folder) on Windows 7 Home Premium? I don't want that language as my default language, I just want to be able to read that language instead of getting these weird rectangles as the folder name ...

I think it depends on the filesystem. You should have filenames encoded in Unicode.

[DemonWasp]

This also doesn't sound like a languages problem; it sounds like a fonts problem. Wikipedia has a helpful article on how to deal with this problem: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Multilingual_support_(East_Asian) . Once you install the requisite fonts, Windows Explorer should automatically (perhaps after a restart, I don't know) be able to pick up those fonts and use them to render the non-ASCII characters.