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Opening FileWave Central (Admin) in a Specific Language (Windows)

What

When you install FileWave Admin, it will automatically use the language you have set on your workstation (if not available, it will default to English). If you want to change FileWave to run in another language, you have to launch Central/Admin with an argument that specifies the desired language.

When/Why

FileWave Central (Admin) doesn’t currently have the option to change Language preference in the application itself. 

How

If you want to open the FileWave Central/Admin Application in a different Language, you would use the following command to launch. In this article, we’re going to automate the process so it opens with your preferred language every time using a Desktop Shortcut.

Windows (FW 15.4.2 and lower)
"C:\Program Files (x86)\FileWave\FileWaveAdmin.exe" --lang en_US
Windows (FW v15.5.0 or higher)
"C:\Program Files\FileWave\admin\FileWaveAdmin.exe" --lang en_US

Available Language Options:

Language

Locale Code

Notes

English (US)

en_US

Use for American English.

German

de_DE

Standard locale for German in Germany.

French

fr_FR

Standard locale for French in France.

Korean

ko_KR

Korean for South Korea.

Japanese

ja_JP

Japanese for Japan.

Chinese (Simplified)

zh_CN

For Mainland China.

Chinese (Traditional)

zh_TW

For Taiwan.

Dutch

nl_NL

New in FileWave 16.1+ — Dutch for Netherlands.

Turkish

tr_TR

New in FileWave 16.1+ — Turkish for Turkey.

Swedish

sv_SE

New in FileWave 16.1+ — Swedish for Sweden.

Spanish (International)

es_ES

New in FileWave 16.1+ — Spanish for Spain (Castilian).