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Q: Change the language of Apple Software Update ASU for Windows

Hi,

I'm leaving in Korea and while having my whole computer in English and even iTunes and Quicktime set in English, the Software Updater is in Korean (which is not very useful as I can't really work my way through it).

_I know_ there has been a post about not solving the problem but avoiding it by changing the language settings, but I still need to keep Korean as a language for non-unicode in my settings as I am still working with some Korean software and else my whole display is just filled with question marks. And trust me, Korean and GoogleTranslate is better than just question marks...

So, any idea ? Or maybe some developper passing by willing to add a little menu or at least give the change to download the updater in English ?

Anyway, thanks for any help you may be willing to give !

Windows XP Pro

Posted on Feb 11, 2010 12:14 AM

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Q: Change the language of Apple Software Update ASU for Windows

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  • by b noir,

    b noir b noir Feb 11, 2010 11:09 AM in response to Guil 길
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    Feb 11, 2010 11:09 AM in response to Guil 길
    Interesting. This advice is experimental in this context, but it has worked in other contexts where language has not been user-configurable in Apple software on Windows.

    The idea is that we can try forcing ASU to display in English by removing all language resources for ASU but the English ones.

    In My Computer, open Local Disk C: or whichever drive you have your program files stored on.

    Open the "Program Files" folder.
    Open the "Apple Software Update" folder.
    Open the "SoftwareUpdateFiles.Resources" folder.

    Delete all the ".proj" folders in there *except for the en.proj folder.*

    Go Back into the "Apple Software Update" folder.
    Open the "SoftwareUpdate.Resources" folder.

    Delete all the ".proj" folders in there *except for the en.proj folder.*

    Restart the PC and try launching Apple Software Update. Does it open? If so, does it display in English?

  • by Guil 길,

    Guil 길 Guil 길 Feb 11, 2010 11:09 PM in response to Guil 길
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    Feb 11, 2010 11:09 PM in response to Guil 길
    I tried, but ASU re-installs automatically the language files after reboot when I launch the program... the idea is nice, I almost believed it would work!

  • by b noir,

    b noir b noir Feb 11, 2010 11:43 PM in response to Guil 길
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    Feb 11, 2010 11:43 PM in response to Guil 길
    but ASU re-installs automatically the language files after reboot when I launch the program


    (mutter mutter) My fault, sorry. I assumed that ASU wasn't using advertised shortcuts. We've still got a shot at this, I think.

    Try deleting all but the en.lproj folders again.

    Now head back into the main Apple Software Update program files folder. Right-click on SoftwareUpdate.exe and select "Create shortcut". Rename the shortcut as you please ("English ASU" perhaps?) and drag it out onto the desktop.

    Reboot, and now try launching ASU by doubleclicking on the "English ASU" (or whatever) shortcut. Does it launch in English this time?

    (With an advertised shortcut, before launching the program a check is run against the installation database to check to see that all the program files and registry entries that ought to be present are indeed present. If there are some missing, a repair install of the program will run in order to replace the missing files and whatnot. That's what caught us last time. But if we launch her from an ordinary shortcut, then we should be able to avoid the repair install replacing all the missing language resources.)