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Opening FileWave Central / Anywhere in a Specific Language (Windows)

What

FileWave Central and FileWave Anywhere normally use the workstation's configured language and fall back to English when that language is unavailable. On Windows, you can choose a language in current releases or use the legacy --lang launch argument for older versions.

When/Why

Use this when an administrator needs Central or Anywhere in a language that differs from the Windows display language, such as running Central in English on a German workstation.

How

Windows: FileWave 16.2.0 and later

Use the language selector in either Central or Anywhere to override the system language. The Central screenshot below was captured on macOS, but the selector is presented the same way on Windows.

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Legacy Windows path: FileWave 15.4.2 and earlier

For these older releases, create a Windows desktop shortcut that launches FileWave Central with the required locale code:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\FileWave\FileWaveAdmin.exe" --lang en_US

Legacy Windows path: FileWave 15.5.0 through 16.1.x

"C:\Program Files\FileWave\admin\FileWaveAdmin.exe" --lang en_US

Available locale codes

Use one of these locale codes with the legacy --lang argument:

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.