[Solved] Change Language in XP

[joddle]

I had a PC loaded with a spanish version of XP SP3 fail onmy the other day - HDD had gone. Anyway soon found I did not have a Spanish verison of an install disk although I had severla UK language ones. Tried the Fleabay to get a Spanish Install disk but no luck then read an article on the web on how to change the language of the OS so decided to gove it a try - nothing to lose, if it did not work I would load an English version until I could find another solution.

 

The fix was to load the UK version - then change tjhe language keys to spanish ones in the registry, the reboot, then load a Spanish SP3. This all worked really well apart from the fact on the "Indicio" (Start) menu a few of the items are still in English - eg "My Documents", "My Videos", "My PIctures", "My Computer" and "My Network places" - I assume thats because the folders are named so but is there any way this can be changed without upsetting the whole system too much?

[RandyL]

Hi joddle.

the "Indicio" (Start) menu a few of the items are still in English - eg "My Documents", "My Videos", "My PIctures", "My Computer" and "My Network places" - I assume thats because the folders are named so but is there any way this can be changed without upsetting the whole system too much?

Anything on the Start menu are just shortcuts to the files, folders or software. You can safely rename any shortcut and the shortcut will still point to the same thing as before.

[joddle]

Thats what I thought - many thanks for confirming - it seems the "conversion trick" worked really well then.