How to force MSI installation with specified language

Question

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.

Philately

Answer 1

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:

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-xp/bb490766(v=technet.10)
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/msi/transforms

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"

Tko

Answer 2

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

Excitability

Answer 3

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

Butlery