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Questions tagged [regional-settings]

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Excel does not honor the delimiter setting for reading or writing CSV files

When saving/opening CSV files in Excel, the default separator is a semicolon ;, as I need it to be a comma , I tried to change it by changing the Language and Regional settings following several other posts about this issue (i.e. How to get Excel to…
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Settings can't be opened using the Built-in Administrator account in Windows 10

In Windows 10, when trying to open the Language preferences by using the icon on the right side of the taskbar, "Settings can't be opened using the Built-in Administrator account in Windows 10" error is encountered as shown on the image below. Is…
Murat Yıldız
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Get Cortana to work in English (UK) for Windows 10

I upgraded to Windows 10, and Cortana doesn’t seem to be available based on the Start Menu: Cortana isn’t supported in the region and language you’ve selected. but when I click the link, it takes me to this page: which suggests it should be…
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How to stop Excel Treating US dates as UK dates?

I'm in the UK, I've got a problem where I've got a list of dates supplied in US format. Excel seems to treat the ones that are valid in both formats as UK dates, (e.g. 03/01/2012 becomes 3rd of January rather that 1st March), and treat the ones that…
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How to add languages/regional settings without adding keyboard layouts in Windows 10?

My setup is this. Country or region: Russia Regional format: English (United Kingdom) Display language: English (US) Input methods: English (US), Russian With the newer Windows builds, when I set the regional format to English (UK), English (UK)…
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Check DVD region code from command line

Is there a way to get DVD region code from command line (linux/ubuntu 9.10)? I want to script this action and store the region code (and other data about DVD) in a log. EDIT: I am looking for the info about media, not the drive.
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What is the real meaning of the "Select a language [for] non-Unicode programs..." dialog?

What is the real meaning of the "Select a language to match the language version of the non-Unicode programs you want to use" dialog under Control Panel->Regional Settings->Advanced in WinXP and Win2003? According to the dialog text, Windows will…
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Start an application with specific regional settings

I have to work with different applications which are, in my opinion, not wisely-coded; they require the user to use specific regional settings. For example, some applications I use require that the user have an MM/DD/YYYY date format, while others…
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History/explanation for "time zones" on Windows

Not sure if superuser.com is the proper StackExchange site to ask this question; if not, refer me to the most appropriate of the sites. What is the origin of the time zones that come with Windows? For the sake of example, I shall list some here…
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How do I make my Blu-ray / DVD / HD-DVD drive multi-region?

I have a combined DVD / HD-DVD / Blu-ray drive on my machine (yeah, I'm very much the big man) which is all great and everything. However, I've got quite a few region 1 DVDs that it won't play. I know I can switch my drive's region but this is…
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Is it possible to have different applications set to different locales?

In Windows 7 you can change the system locale to change how non-unicode characters are interpreted in different programs. Let's say that I want to use language X for most cases, but language Y for one single program. It is extremely tedious to…
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How to use WLAN Channel 14 outside of Japan?

I'm in Europe, I have a router and I have to test its UI. When I set the Region to Japan and Channel to 14 my PC won't connect back to the router and I have to do a firmware reset. In the office I have several various USB Wi-Fi sticks and notebooks…
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Limitless switching between DVD regions on MacBook Pro?

Is there a safe way to remove the limit (6?) of DVD region switching on the MacBook Pro? I'm a multi-region kind of guy and this 'feature' dives me nuts. On the interwebs I see many 'tools' that scare me...
Stu Thompson
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Is it possible to have non-English regional settings with English day/month names?

I live in Estonia where most regional settings (number, currency and date formats) differ from those used in English-speaking countries. For instance, decimal symbol is comma, thousands separator is space, date format is day-month-year, etc.…
Indrek
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Mac: can I create custom region settings, copy, distribute and reuse it?

I'm a very finicky person when it comes to my locale settings, and none of the preset regions is good enough for me. I want my dates in german (or ISO) format, but I want the names of days and months to remain in english. I want 24h format, SI…
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