Microsoft Applocale

I do not want to change my whole Windows environment to Chinese because some symbols would be substituted  as weird characters (often as uncommon Chinese characters).

Most new applications can display Chinese characters well because they are using Unicode. For those that don't, I would use Applocale to open the applications in their local language environment. In fact, this program allows your application to run in local environment of different language, more than you can think of.

I do not know what happened to Windows, but this software can only be installed without problem in Windows XP. However, there are always smart people out there that came to save the world, at least Vista world. Here is the workaround for installation in Vista and Win 7 (which I copy from the net):
  1. Right click on Command Prompt (normally located at "All Programs>>Accessories") and then select “Run as Administrator”. (Hint: search for cmd.exe if you cannot locate it.)
  2. Click Continue when User Account Control dialog box comes out.
  3. Change the directory to where you put the apploc.msi and run. (Hint: right click on the installer and select 'properties', look at the location, e.g. D:\Downloaded\apploc.msi.)
    You can download from here. You can choose to create a permanent shortcut for your favourite applications. Cool eh?

    Update: 
    If you have problem running certain programs using applocale,  it means the programs you are running need administrative rights. To do this, right click on applocale, select "Properties", under the "Compatibility" tab, check the "Run this program as an administrator." This works for installing applocale as well, but sometimes the option might be disabled.

    Edited 29 Sep 2010.

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