msiexec

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Background information: http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5114451

It seems that nobody at the JRE forum knows how to force Windows Installer to use a specific language. These are the Windows installer options

Windows ® Installer. V 3.01.4000.1823 

msiexec /Option  [Optional Parameter]

Install Options
| /i> 
		Installs or configures a product
	/a 
		Administrative install - Installs a product on the network
	/j  [/t ] [/g ]
		Advertises a product - m to all users, u to current user
| /x> 
		Uninstalls the product
Display Options
	/quiet
		Quiet mode, no user interaction
	/passive
		Unattended mode - progress bar only
	/q[n|b|r|f]
		Sets user interface level
		n - No UI
		b - Basic UI
		r - Reduced UI
		f - Full UI (default)
	/help
		Help information
Restart Options
	/norestart
		Do not restart after the installation is complete
	/promptrestart
		Prompts the user for restart if necessary
	/forcerestart
		Always restart the computer after installation
Logging Options
	/l[i|w|e|a|r|u|c|m|o|p|v|x|+|!|*] 
		i - Status messages
		w - Nonfatal warnings
		e - All error messages
		a - Start up of actions
		r - Action-specific records
		u - User requests
		c - Initial UI parameters
		m - Out-of-memory or fatal exit information
		o - Out-of-disk-space messages
		p - Terminal properties
		v - Verbose output
		x - Extra debugging information
		+ - Append to existing log file
		! - Flush each line to the log
		* - Log all information, except for v and x options
	/log 
		Equivalent of /l* 
Update Options
	/update [;Update2.msp]
		Applies update(s)
	/uninstall [;Update2.msp] /package 
		Remove update(s) for a product
Repair Options
	/f[p|e|c|m|s|o|d|a|u|v] 
		Repairs a product
		p - only if file is missing
		o - if file is missing or an older version is installed (default)
		e - if file is missing or an equal or older version is installed
		d - if file is missing or a different version is installed
		c - if file is missing or checksum does not match the calculated value
		a - forces all files to be reinstalled
		u - all required user-specific registry entries (default)
		m - all required computer-specific registry entries (default)
		s - all existing shortcuts (default)
		v - runs from source and recaches local package
Setting Public Properties
	[PROPERTY=PropertyValue]

Consult the Windows ® Installer SDK for additional documentation on the
command line syntax.

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Portions of this software are based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group.

Anyone an idea how to force a specific language? I have simply no more ideas...

[babysun]

Hi Pat,

Just trying to solve the issue... How about using a specific language code in the <language ID>. For example if you want to use US-English by default then just use "en-US" in the <language ID> option.

Install Options

</package | /i> <Product.msi>

Installs or configures a product

/a <Product.msi>

Administrative install - Installs a product on the network

/j<u|m> <Product.msi> [/t <Transform List>][/g <Language ID>]

[ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb]

Actually the language IDs are as follows (found somewhere else)

English (en):	1033
French (fr): 	1036
German (de): 	1031
Italian (it): 	1040
Japanese (ja): 	1041
Korean (ko): 	1042
Spanish (es): 	1034
Swedish (sv): 	1053
Simplified Chinese (zh): 	2052
Traditional Chinese (zh_TW): 	1028

Tried these options

jre-6-windows-i586.exe /g 1033

jre-6-windows-i586.exe /j 1033

jre-6-windows-i586.exe /j /g 1033

but all start the Japanese installer.

[babysun]

Did you check the language settings in the .ini file in the installation directory. Filename could be install.ini or setup.ini or something related to setup?

[Scarecrow Man]

Is this of any help?

http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths/archive/2006/...-languages.aspx

[ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb]

Did you check the language settings in the .ini file in the installation directory. Filename could be install.ini or setup.ini or something related to setup?

There is no INI file in the install folder; nor a log of any kind.

Is this of any help?

http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths/archive/2006/...-languages.aspx

Not really, but thanks anyway.