Microsoft KB Archive/308680

= Description of Multilingual Menus and Dialog Boxes for Internet Explorer =

Article ID: 308680

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

-

APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 MultiLanguage Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 MultiLanguage Edition

-



This article was previously published under Q308680



SUMMARY
This article describes the Multilingual Menus and Dialog Boxes packages for Internet Explorer, how they work, general rules, and availability information.



Description of IEPlugUI
Internet Explorer Pluggable UI (IEPlugUI, also called Multilingual Menus and Dialog Boxes for Internet Explorer) is a set of self-installable packages that change the menus, dialog boxes, and Help in Internet Explorer (and some Windows Explorer menus and dialog boxes) from the system's native language to another language. Typically, IEPlugUI is deployed as part of Microsoft Office Multilanguage User Interface (MUI) on all versions of Windows, as part of MUI on Microsoft Windows 2000, or both.

How IEPlugUI Works
The package installs a set of localized versions of the files that store the user interface (UI, or resource files) and Help files on the user's computer. When Internet Explorer is quit and restarted, the resource files and Help files in the localized language are called so that menus and dialog boxes are displayed in the localized language.

To Change the UI in Windows 2000

 * 1) Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
 * 2) Double-click Regional Settings, and then click Menus and Dialogs.

To Change the UI in Other Versions of Windows

 * 1) In Internet Explorer, click Tools, and then click Internet Options.
 * 2) Click the General tab, click Languages, and then click Change.

General Rules
The version number of the IEPlugUI package must match the version of Internet Explorer on which you are installing the package. For Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese, the language pack for that language must be installed before or after IEPlugUI is installed.

Available Packages
The following list contains the IEPlugUI versions that have been released for different versions of Internet Explorer. For each version, there are 25 packages (one for each language version of Windows). Each version has a build number that matches the Internet Explorer build number. All released IEPlugUI packages are downloadable from the Microsoft Windows Update Web site. All of the packages have been released except for some languages of for Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2 (SP2).

IEPlugUI Versions and Applicable Versions of Windows

 * Internet Explorer 5.01 for all versions of Windows
 * Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows 2000 MultiLanguage Version
 * Internet Explorer 5.01 SP1 for Windows NT 4.0 and Microsoft Windows 98
 * Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98
 * Internet Explorer 5.5 for Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me)
 * Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows 2000 MultiLanguage Version
 * Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 for Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, Windows Me
 * Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 for Windows 2000 MultiLanguage Version
 * Internet Explorer 6 for Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, Windows Me
 * Internet Explorer 6 for Windows 2000 MultiLanguage Version

Which Version to Use
If you are installing an updated version of Internet Explorer, you do not necessarily have to get an updated IEPlugUI package. You need a new IEPlugUI package for the updated version of Internet Explorer only if there is a resource change. This is a list of which MUI packages you can use with various versions of Internet Explorer:

How to Obtain the IEPlugUI Packages
The IEPlugUI packages are available from the Microsoft Windows Update Web site:

http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/

System administrators can obtain the IEPlugUI packages for Windows XP and Windows 2000 from the Windows Update Catalog located at the following Microsoft Web site:

http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/catalog

Note You must be running Windows XP or Windows 2000 to access the new Windows Update site. This site will support Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me) and Windows 98 in the future.

Installation Location Information Examples
English Internet Explorer 5 Setup installs these files:

Program Files\Outlook Express\Msimn.exe

Program Files\Outlook Express\Msoeres.dll

Japanese Internet Explorer 5 Setup installs these files:

Program Files\Outlook Express\Msimn.exe

Program Files\Outlook Express\Msoeres.dll

If the English-language version was installed and you install the Japanese language pack over it, the result is:

Program Files\Outlook Express\Msimn.exe

Program Files\Outlook Express\Msoeres.dll (English)

Program Files\Internet Explorer\Mui\0411\Msoeres.dll (Japanese)

Additional query words: multilanguage menus and dialogs Multi-language plugui Czech German Japanese Korean Chinese (Traditional) Arabic Hebrew Norwegian Danish Finnish Portuguese (Simplified) Polish Hungarian Greek Turkish Russian Spanish French (Brazil) Italian Swedish Dutch

Keywords: kbinfo kbui KB308680

-

[mailto:TECHNET@MICROSOFT.COM Send feedback to Microsoft]

© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.