


In particular, it requires fonts for the particular locale to be installed on the system it runs on, and Administrator privileges to be installed (though not to be used). AppLocale works with many, but not all non-Unicode applications, and as such is still inferior to really setting the particular locale systemwide. It can also create a shortcut in the start menu, located under Microsoft AppLocale, however you will be prompted by AppLocale before the program's launch. The program installs itself in a subfolder of the Windows directory called "AppPatch", and when launched prompts the user for an executable to run and the desired codepage. Since changing the locale normally requires a restart of Windows, AppLocale is especially popular with western users of Asian applications. It is a launcher application that makes it possible to run non-Unicode (code page-based) applications in a locale of the user's choice. AppLocale is a tool for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 by Microsoft.
