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Frank
Frank

Reputation: 831

How to force MSI installation with specified language

I have a 3rd-party MSI package with multiple language transform, the language for MSI is English, when I install this MSI package, it will automatically check setting of "Regional and Language Options" in control panel, and run it with certain language.

The question is I can run this MSI with certain language like:

msiexec -i setup.msi TRANSFORM=":1028"

while I can not run it with English. Are there some method I can use for this problem? Can I disable the automatic choice of the language? Or can I run this MSI with English version directly?

Any idea will be appreciated.

Upvotes: 8

Views: 28730

Answers (3)

Cosmin
Cosmin

Reputation: 21426

You can launch the MSI with a specific transform by setting TRANSFORM property to the actual transform file path. Here are some articles which may help you:

But if the MSI automatically selects the language, most likely the transforms are applied automatically. In this case you can try setting ProductLanguage property to set the language you want:

msiexec -i setup.msi ProductLanguage="1033"

Upvotes: 5

Asdf
Asdf

Reputation: 298

Yep, msiexec -i setup.msi ProductLanguage="1033" worked like magic for US English. Thank you very much! The full list of codes is here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/msi/localizing-the-error-and-actiontext-tables

Upvotes: 1

Suyog Nyati
Suyog Nyati

Reputation: 11

You can provide ProductLanguage=1033 as a parameter to msiexec command.

Upvotes: 1

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