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    Change language setting in "Access Connections"

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Alan-HK, Aug 16, 2007.

  1. Alan-HK

    Alan-HK Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just downloaded and installed Lenovo's Access Connections to my ThinkPad X24.

    The setup never asked for a language preference, and when I started the application it has a Chinese interface.

    I do have Chinese language support installed, for my wife, but I can't read it.

    The program has a "res" folder with various language files, including "US" which has an English chm help file.

    Even using that I can find no way to change the language of the interface.

    I had a similar problem with the PC-Doctor app. Eventually I discovered an xml config file with a language setting, which was empty, so I edited that to "English" and the interface subsequently was English.

    Can anyone using this check if there is a way to change the language via the program menus, and if so walk me through it? But I haven't stumbled on any setting myself.

    I found a file in that might be important
    "c;\program files\thinkpad\connectutilities\ac.xml".

    Code: 
    <root>
 <TargetApp>CONWIZ</TargetApp>
</root>
    It does not have any language settings, or much at all, in it , but it can be edited if someone has a version with language settings I can copy.

    I did troll through the registry, but found no obvious codes I can change.
     
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    Solved it!

    Another silly trick: The "Res" subfolder has a bunch of subfolders, named BR, DK.... TC, US. Each has the chm help file in a different language and a bunch of dlls.
    TC = Taiwan Chinese, which somehow Lenovo decided I want. So I moved that and renamed the US folder to "TC". Now I have English.

    It seems I have to find some backdoor hack to make every Lenovo program work in English, none of the damn things ask, they just go ahead and assume what language I want, usually incorrectly. My Control panel "Regional and language options" are English. Why can't they pay attention to that, or just offer the option?
     
    Alan-HK, Aug 16, 2007
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