I'm working with a very old installer that can read Registry entries but has a difficulty (complex) time executing Windows APIs.
I'm trying to detect whether the PC it's being installed on is in Australia.
Any ideas?
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A:
This key:
HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Keyboard Layout\Preload
sets the default language for the login screen
The different country codes are listed here:
http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/ArticleID/14867/14867.html
Techboy
2009-04-22 20:25:37
I don't think that'll work.There's an error in that code. They refer to a key \Preload1 but it's \preload\1 . And you can have multiple preloads (English-usa, english-australian). I changed the language from usa to aussie and it didn't change 1, it just created another key ("1") set to aussie.
Clay Nichols
2009-04-23 00:28:17
A:
From my testing and the MSDN page below, this will work:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\sCountry ="Australia"
This corresponds to setting in the Region Options ("Select an item to match it' preferences".
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/102978
This has the advantage of also being able to be read from a non-admin account.
Clay Nichols
2009-04-23 02:37:35