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Pidgin: Cann't switch language

Follow "Setting Pidgin Portable to Use a Specific Language" on Support Page.
I cann't switch GUI language to "zh_TW".
OS:Windows XP
Any comment?

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Again

Walk through it again and follow it exactly. Also, ensure you installed it with the extra languages. It doesn't by default and they aren't included with Pidgin in the Suite.

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Dear John, Thanks for your

Dear John,

Thanks for your reply, I am sure installed with the extra languages.
Maybe, I'll give you a FLV movie soon.
I had try to resolve this problem many months, trust me.

Best Regards,
AZO Freeware

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Hmm

You sure your line is exactly: PIDGINLANG=zh_TW

And that you're editing the file PidginPortableSettings.ini in the PidginPortable\Data\settings directory?

I just tested it on Windows XP SP3 (US English) and it worked fine showing Traditional Chinese characters in the Pidgin interface. Be sure you're using a default directory layout and no PidginPortable.ini to ensure it's not a directory change issue, too.

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Live Demo

Dear John,

My live demo:
http://freeware.myweb.hinet.net/pidgin.htm

I am your fans.
But you must to know:
Some software just working fine on English OS.

Seven Lin(AZO)
from Taiwan

Best Regards,
AZO Freeware

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Ah, Unicode

The issue is, I think, that there are unicode characters in the path. The launchers often have issues with multi-byte unicode paths.

Try installing it to X:\PortableApps\PidginPortable on any drive (which is the standard for all portable apps). Let me know if it works from there.

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You are right

Installed it to my USB Flash Drive.
It works fine, auto selected zh_TW.
Don't need to change anything.

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AZO Freeware

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