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Windows Vista Microsoft Locale Builder Tool

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We're working on a tool, the Microsoft Locale Builder, for Windows Vista to help users create their own custom locales.  This will help those users that need a tool rather than a managed API to create a custom locale.

I'll post a link to the public beta when it becomes availalbe.  The beta will require Windows Vista since this is a Vista tool and custom locales work on Vista.  The .msi file in the Klingon example was created using this tool.

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[Updated 10 Feb 2014] Locale Builder 2.0 designed for Windows 8.1 is available at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=41158

Old Beta version is available again at https://download.microsoft.com/download/a/7/e/a7e7f4a2-3618-4cb7-a05d-bc688d02a4b9/LocaleBuilder.msi, please don't use that for Windows 8 or above, the locale format is slightly different.

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  • Anonymous
    February 21, 2006
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  • Anonymous
    February 22, 2006
    Will the Locale that is created work only on the English version of Windows - or will it function on localised version of windows?

  • Anonymous
    February 22, 2006
    Custom locales will be accessible from localized versions of Windows Vista.  They're also available for Managed .Net Framework 2.0 applications.

  • Anonymous
    February 22, 2006
    Ah ok - cool.

    Maybe you can answer a question for me: I've always wondered why there are localised version of Windows.  Why not just have english with the MUI language?

  • Anonymous
    February 22, 2006
    In Vista we have a "language neutral" build and each language is just a MUI language on top of that.  There're a lot of benefits from this approach.

    Historically its because we did localized versions before MUI and there needs to be incentive to make major changes like that.  I think its kind of how software development in general evolved with respect to localization.

  • Anonymous
    February 22, 2006
    Cool.
    Thanks for the info.
    Does this mean that - with vista - if you buy an localised Italian build of Vista with a new machine - you'll be able to switch (after installing an appropriate language pack) to another language?
    The reason I ask is that I often have to deal with the ex pat English community here in Italy.  They have bought a PC in Italy - and, while their Italian is good (they have been here for 10-30 years) they find it hard to use a PC in Italian.

  • Anonymous
    February 22, 2006
    I know that we are aware of needs of expatriots and other users, however this raises packaging and marketing questions that I don't know the answer to.

    I know that it will be possible to have machines with access to more than one localized language, but I don't know how users will get additional languages.

  • Anonymous
    March 19, 2006
    In the past, I have talked a lot about genitive month names.
    And I have talked a few times about custom...

  • Anonymous
    July 31, 2007
    The locale builder beta 2 tool is now available at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e4588c5e-8f21-45cc-b862-38df8d9bd528&displaylang=en

  • Anonymous
    April 28, 2008
    Shawn I just want to build my own font in my own hand writting, but I can find how to do it.  I found a document on Technet with a download to myfont.exe, but the instructions say I need a Font Editor.  I cannot find one. How would you do it? Scott R Thurgood

  • Anonymous
    April 29, 2008
    Building fonts is hard.  FontForge is an open source editor, but its hard to use and I can't imagine it to make a handwriting font :(.  They have links to other tools that might work better.

  • Anonymous
    December 02, 2009
    "Locale Builder" for Vista only. How can I create locale for XP and 2003 ? or where "Locale Builder" XP version ?

  • Anonymous
    December 29, 2009
    Vista is the first version of windows to support custom locales, so there is no earlier version of the Locale builder.  Custom locales require Vista, Server 2008, Win7 or R2.

  • Anonymous
    October 29, 2010
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  • Anonymous
    October 29, 2010
    The locale builder only handles locales and not language packs.

  • Anonymous
    February 09, 2014
    Please advise on where i can find a Locale builder for Windows 7. and the Locale builder beta version is no longer available in the link provided...

  • Anonymous
    February 10, 2014
    The Vista version should be available again at download.microsoft.com/.../LocaleBuilder.msi at least for a while.  Please don't use the Vista version for Windows 8 locales as they have some newer features.