How to *install* in English?

[schmultzburger]

Hi. I need to install FreeFileSync on a non-English Windows computer, but I need the installer windows to be in English. I'm not worried about the language in FreeFileSync once it is installed because we can change it as needed. Is there a command line switch to force the installer to be in English?

Thanks.

[schmultzburger]

So I discovered that there is a "/LANG" switch, but it doesn't work with English!

Thus, "/LANG=hebrew" or "/LANG=japanese" works on the cmd-line (except I can't read Hebrew or Japanese), but "/LANG=english_uk" does not work. What am I doing wrong?

[Zenju]

FreeFileSync_10.1_Windows_Setup.exe /lang=english


... works fine for me.

[schmultzburger]

Got it. I was poking at the source files and was using the file-name, "english_uk" which wasn't working. Just out of curiosity, how would someone know the "official" language names? For example, I also see two different Chinese language files (simple and traditional), "/LANG=chinesetraditional" seems to work, but neither "/LANG=chinesesimple" nor "/LANG=chinese_simple" works.

Maybe the documentation could identify how to use difference languages for the install and what those languages are?

Thanks.

[Zenju]

The idea is that the installer just uses the default language of the current user, and expect that this is the best choice. So no need to bother with yet another unimportant popup query.

[Zenju]

Just for the record, in case someone finds this thread via a Google search; here's the list of supported installer languages of FreeFileSync 10.1:

Bulgarian
ChineseSimplified
ChineseTraditional
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
French
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hindi
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Lithuanian
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
BrazilianPortuguese
Romanian
Russian
Slovak
Slovenian
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish
Ukrainian


[mepriso]

Hi,

I also would prefer a non localized installation, but on attempt to run
FreeFileSync_12.2_Windows_Setup.exe /lang=english
a message was displayed that this option requires a donation version.
This is not mentioned in the manual - benefits of the donation version (consider to update!),
anyway I made a donation, but ...
FreeFileSync_12.2_[Donation_Edition]_Setup.exe /lang=english
ended up with the default language of my Windows PC.

@Zenju : Possible bug?

[Zenju]

@Zenju : Possible bug?

Possible, but then most likely on part of Inno Setup. For what it's worth, I just tested "/lang=english" and it correctly started an English installer.

[mepriso]

I can confirm the installation dialog was English, BUT the resulting installation was German.
Please test going further than the installation dialog.
Seems to be a bug.
Tnx

[Zenju]

No, that's a feature.

[mepriso]

What exactly is the feature?
Install with parameter '/LANG=english' and get a German GUI?

What should be the purpose of this "feature"?
No, ist definitly a bug.

[Plerry]

You can modify the FFS language in the FFS GUI,
via (English version) Tools / Language, (German version) Extras / Sprache

[mepriso]

Thank you, this is the solution :)

[xCSxXenon]

Seems weird to have a flag that changes what language is used in the installer but no flag to change the language of the program installed...

[mepriso]

What confused me is the concurrent apperance of all this:
Language options are not mentioned in the user manual
So I found this discussion searching the forum which hints to the command line parameter
The command line help is not clear enough to explain that it is for installation *dialog* only
Running the command line with parameter tells that donation is required for /LANG

Besides of these trivialities (which should be improved ), its very good piece software.