# 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:

<table id="bkmrk-language-locale-code" style="width: 108.452%; height: 357.563px;"><thead><tr style="background-color: rgb(251, 238, 184); height: 29.7969px;"><th style="width: 26.4274%; height: 29.7969px;">**Language**

</th><th style="width: 15.1713%; height: 29.7969px;">**Locale Code**

</th><th style="width: 58.4013%; height: 29.7969px;">**Notes**

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="width: 26.4274%; height: 29.7969px;">**English (US)**

</td><td style="width: 15.1713%; height: 29.7969px;">en\_US

</td><td style="width: 58.4013%; height: 29.7969px;">Use for American English.

</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="width: 26.4274%; height: 29.7969px;">**German**

</td><td style="width: 15.1713%; height: 29.7969px;">de\_DE

</td><td style="width: 58.4013%; height: 29.7969px;">Standard locale for German in Germany.

</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="width: 26.4274%; height: 29.7969px;">**French**

</td><td style="width: 15.1713%; height: 29.7969px;">fr\_FR

</td><td style="width: 58.4013%; height: 29.7969px;">Standard locale for French in France.

</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="width: 26.4274%; height: 29.7969px;">**Korean**

</td><td style="width: 15.1713%; height: 29.7969px;">ko\_KR

</td><td style="width: 58.4013%; height: 29.7969px;">Korean for South Korea.

</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="width: 26.4274%; height: 29.7969px;">**Japanese**

</td><td style="width: 15.1713%; height: 29.7969px;">ja\_JP

</td><td style="width: 58.4013%; height: 29.7969px;">Japanese for Japan.

</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="width: 26.4274%; height: 29.7969px;">**Chinese (Simplified)**

</td><td style="width: 15.1713%; height: 29.7969px;">zh\_CN

</td><td style="width: 58.4013%; height: 29.7969px;">For Mainland China.

</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="width: 26.4274%; height: 29.7969px;">**Chinese (Traditional)**

</td><td style="width: 15.1713%; height: 29.7969px;">zh\_TW

</td><td style="width: 58.4013%; height: 29.7969px;">For Taiwan.

</td></tr></tbody></table>