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‎#Readme.txt‎

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[ Englishize Cmd v1.2 ]
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[ Englishize Cmd v1.3 ]
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http://wandersick.blogspot.com | wandersick@gmail.com
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[ What? ]
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# Change non-English CMD interface to English in Windows 7/Vista
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. Toggles between English and non-English for most Windows commands.
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. For English system admins who manages Windows PCs of other languages.
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. No need to log off; settings are appled immediately.
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. Comes with a restorer too. Apply or restore is as simple as a click.
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. Better character compatibility than changing DOS codepage.
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. Most languages and executables are supported. Customizable.
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. Administrator rights are required. It asks for rights to elevates itself.
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Does not elevate over network mapped drives however.
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# For the full story, read the article:
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http://wandersick.blogspot.com/p/change-non-english-command-line.html
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. Windows Vista/7 or later only.
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[ How-to ]
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[ Instructions ]
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1. "Englishize.bat" for changing command line tools from non-English to
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English. (Requires admin rights)
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English.
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2. "Restore.bat" to restore everything back to original language. (Requires
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admin rights)
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2. "Restore.bat" to restore everything back to original language.
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3. "_lang_codes.txt" is a modifiable list containing all non-English language
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codes. It includes most languages but in case your language is not there,
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executables that will be affected in the change. All commands in Windows
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Vista and 7 should be covered (although it contains much more commands
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than there actually are, it doesn't matter because it has no effect on
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commands that don't exist.) If you decide some commands are better left
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localized rather than being changed to English, remove them from this list
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before running "Englishize.bat". Also, although the list covers command-
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line executables, you can add GUI -- Graphical User Interface - programs
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such as Paint - mspaint.exe and lots of others to "_files_to_process.txt".
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There is a limitation here though. Windows comes with both English and
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non-English .mui files for command-line programs only; by default .mui for
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GUI programs don't exist in en-US folder until users install the English
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MUI through Windows Update) or Vistalizator (for non-Ultimate/Enterprise
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Windows users).
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commands that don't exist.)
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If you decide some commands are better left localized rather than being
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changed to English, remove them from the list before running "Englishize.
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bat".
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Also, although the list covers command-line executables, you can add GUI
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-- Graphical User Interface - programs such as Paint - mspaint.exe and
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lots of others to "_files_to_process.txt". There is a limitation here
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though. Windows comes with both English and non-English .mui files for
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command-line programs only; by default .mui for GUI programs don't exist
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in en-US folder until users install the English MUI through Windows
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Update) or Vistalizator (for non-Ultimate/Enterprise Windows users).
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[ Video Demo ]
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http://wandersick.blogspot.com/p/change-non-english-command-line.html
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[ Releases ]
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v1.3 Now elevates automatically. Added check for Windows version.
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v1.2 Documentation and coding improvements
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v1.1 Added check for admin rights
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v1.0 First public release
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[ Suggestions ]
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# Do you have one? Please drop me a line by email or the web site atop.
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‎Data/_elevate.vbs‎

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' Subscript of Cmd Dict by wanderSick
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' See main script -- fy.cmd -- for more details.
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' Used to run desired programs as administrator (for Vista or later with UAC)
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' Based on http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/185/1/VBScripts-and-UAC-elevation.html
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Dim objShell, FSO
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Dim strFolder, strFile
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On Error Resume Next
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Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
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Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
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strWorkDir = WScript.Arguments(0)
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strFile = WScript.Arguments(1)
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strArg = "/c start " & chr(34) & chr(34) & " /d " & chr(34) & strWorkDir & chr(34) & " " & chr(34) & strFile & chr(34)
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'Debug line
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'Msgbox strWorkDir & strFile & vbcrlf & strArg
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If FSO.FileExists(strFolder & strFile) Then
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objShell.ShellExecute "cmd.exe", strArg, "", "runas", 1
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Else
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MsgBox "File " & strFile & " not found."
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End If

‎englishize.bat‎

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@echo off
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:: detech win ver
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for /f "usebackq tokens=3 skip=2" %%i in (`reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" /v CurrentVersion`) do (
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@if %%i LSS 6.0 (
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echo.
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echo # ERROR: Englishize Cmd only supports Windows Vista or later.
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echo.
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pause
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goto :EOF
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)
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)
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:: detect if system has WSH disabled unsigned scripts
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:: if useWINSAFER = 1, the TrustPolicy below is ignored and use SRP for this option instead. So check if = 0.
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:: if TrustPolicy = 0, allow both signed and unsigned; if = 1, warn on unsigned; if = 2, disallow unsigned.
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for /f "usebackq tokens=3 skip=2" %%a in (`reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Script Host\Settings" /v UseWINSAFER 2^>nul`) do (
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@if "%%a" EQU "0" (
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@for /f "usebackq tokens=3 skip=2" %%i in (`reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Script Host\Settings" /v TrustPolicy 2^>nul`) do (
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@if "%%i" GEQ "2" (
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set noWSH=1
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)
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)
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)
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)
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if defined noWSH (
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echo.
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echo # ERROR: Windows Scripting Host is disabled.
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echo.
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pause
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goto :EOF
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)
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:: detect if system supports "attrib"
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attrib >nul 2>&1
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if "%errorlevel%"=="9009" set noAttrib=1
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if defined noAttrib goto :skipAdminCheck
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attrib -h "%windir%\system32" | find /i "system32" >nul 2>&1
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if %errorlevel% EQU 0 (
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echo.
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echo :: ERROR: Admin rights required.
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echo.
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pause
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cscript //NoLogo ".\Data\_elevate.vbs" "%CD%\" "%CD%\englishize.bat" >nul 2>&1
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REM echo.
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REM echo # ERROR: Admin rights required.
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REM echo.
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REM pause
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title Englishize Cmd v1.1 - by wanderSick.blogspot.com
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title Englishize Cmd v1.3 - by wanderSick.blogspot.com
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echo.
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echo.
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echo [ Englishize Cmd v1.1 ]
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echo [ Englishize Cmd v1.3 ]
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echo.
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echo.
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echo # This script changes command line interface to English.
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echo.
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echo Press any key to run test . . .
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start "" "%comspec%" /k "help&echo.&echo # Successful if the above is displayed in English&echo.&pause"
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start "" "%comspec%" /k "help&echo.&echo # Successful if the above is displayed in English.&echo.&pause"

‎restore.bat‎

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@echo off
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:: detech win ver
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for /f "usebackq tokens=3 skip=2" %%i in (`reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" /v CurrentVersion`) do (
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@if %%i LSS 6.0 (
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echo.
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echo # ERROR: Englishize Cmd only supports Windows Vista or later.
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echo.
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pause
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goto :EOF
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)
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)
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:: detect if system has WSH disabled unsigned scripts
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:: if useWINSAFER = 1, the TrustPolicy below is ignored and use SRP for this option instead. So check if = 0.
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:: if TrustPolicy = 0, allow both signed and unsigned; if = 1, warn on unsigned; if = 2, disallow unsigned.
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for /f "usebackq tokens=3 skip=2" %%a in (`reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Script Host\Settings" /v UseWINSAFER 2^>nul`) do (
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@if "%%a" EQU "0" (
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@for /f "usebackq tokens=3 skip=2" %%i in (`reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Script Host\Settings" /v TrustPolicy 2^>nul`) do (
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@if "%%i" GEQ "2" (
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set noWSH=1
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)
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)
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)
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)
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if defined noWSH (
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echo.
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echo # ERROR: Windows Scripting Host is disabled.
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echo.
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pause
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cscript //NoLogo ".\Data\_elevate.vbs" "%CD%\" "%CD%\restore.bat" >nul 2>&1
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title Englishize Cmd v1.1 - by wanderSick.blogspot.com
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title Englishize Cmd v1.3 - by wanderSick.blogspot.com
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echo [ Englishize Cmd v1.3 ]
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start "" "%comspec%" /k "help&echo.&echo # Successful if the above is displayed in the original language.&echo.&echo # Note it may not reflect now if the restorer was run elevated.&echo.&pause"

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