Windows API to deal with system/user locale

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Is there any API in windows sdk that can be used to set the user or system locale?

Thanks in advance...

Posted 20-Nov-12 23:10pm

tkbineshb

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Jochen Arndt · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-21T00:28:00

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You may use the Windows Vista Command Line Configuration of International Settings[^] and execute it from your C++ code. With Windows versions prior to Vista there is a similar method using a plain text file: 'rundll32 shell32, Control_RunDLL intl.cpl,,/f:"c:locale.txt"'.

Changing the global locales is an administrative process that should not be done by normal applications. If you want to change the locale of an application, use the SetThreadLocale() and setlocale() functions.

Posted 21-Nov-12 0:28am

Jochen Arndt

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tkbineshb 21-Nov-12 6:56am

I excecuted the command for windows 7 and the user locale changed and
did same for Window XP using txt file ,but the locale remained same.
Does the data in txt have some other format or should I use the same data as that of windows 7?

Jochen Arndt 21-Nov-12 7:06am

The file format for XP is different (plain text file rather a XML file). See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289125 (it contains the file format).

tkbineshb 21-Nov-12 23:05pm

Thanks Jochen