Additional language packs (MUI) for Windows Vista

**Charlton** · 05-05-2008

Windows Vista Multilingual User Interface Pack (MUI) is language packs for Windows Vista that provide a translated version of most of the user interface so that users can change the display language on Vista computer and view wizards, dialog boxes, menus, Help topics, and other items in Windows in a different language, such as for Chinese version to switch language to Japanese, or German to revert to English without reinstalling. However, only Windows Vista Ultimate and Windows Vista Enterprise has license to use MUIs.

All other Vista editions, including Windows Home Basic, Home Premium and Business allows only one language been selected and used. Users can select the default language when installing Vista system, but after selecting the language pack to use, system will automatically delete the non-default languages away. System updates and other services of Vista is presented to the users based on the Vista language pack installed, but these updates, although sometimes can be installed from another language, cannot change or upgrade the system to other language set.

Microsoft has released the MUI Vista language packs for both 32-bit and 64-bit editions. However, as mentioned, only for Ultimate and Enterprise users who can download via Windows Update. Beside, for users who have already installed Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), the following error message will appear when trying to install the MUI language packs meant for RTM version of Vista, and the installation of language pack will fail.

The language can’t be selected because the language pack version is incompatible with this version of windows.

Vista MUI Installation Tool is a crack program that can hack and force install multi-language packages into non-supported Windows Vista - that’s Vista Home Premium, Home Basic and Business editon, plus Ultimate and Enterprise edition installed with SP1 (at least until official MUI language packs for SP1 are released by Microsoft). Vista MUI Installation Tool also include feature to allow users to easily change and switch between display languages of the system. Best of all, all process is done automatically without manual intervention.

To use Windows Vista Multi-Language Package Installation Tools, simply follow these steps:

Download (links below) the Windows Vista Multi-Lanaguage Package Installation Tools package, and unpack the files to C:\MUITools\ or C:\MUI\ folder (Important: No space in folder name else will have “Incorrect Parameters” or “Parameter is incorrect” error message). From version 2.55 onwards, users can install the program directly using executable, but you may need to install the files to new folder with no space in the folder name, or copy everything in the C:\Propgram Files\Windows Vista MUI Installation\ folder to the above no-space folder, for successful execution.
Create a C:\MUI Packs\ folder.
Download the Windows Vista MUI language packs that you wish to install, and save the downloaded MUI pack in C:\MUI Packs\ folder. The MUI package is actually self-extracted *.CAB files, but has been added execution restriction on non-supported Vista editions. Once the .CAB has been extracted with EXE2CAB, it can be installed in any Vista editions. EXE2CAB is a program that can do such extraction and bypass the .EXE instruction that stop installation of MUI in Vista Home Premium, Home Basic and Business.
Create another temporary folder named C:\Install MUI\.
Run Windows Vista MUI Tools (Vista Multi-Lang Package Installation) (x64 or x86) as Administrator.
Click on Install button under of either “Windows Vista MUI Installation - Method 1″ or “Windows Vista MUI Installation - Method 2″.

The difference between Method 1 and Method 2 is that Method 1 is a hack or crack method, where MUI installer will bypass Vista update management service layer to force install the MUI language pack in non-licensed and/or non-activated (genuine) Vista, while Method 2 make use of MUI installation program built into Vista by Microsoft.
In the pop-up “EXE2CAB Choose Input File” dialog, select the MUI executable file (.EXE extension) in C:\MUI Packs\ folder that you wish to install. If you have already convert the .EXE MUI file to .CAB format, click “Cancel” button, and subsequently the Vista MUI Installation Tool will prompt again to select a .CAB MUI file.
For users who choose to convert a downloaded .EXE Vista MUI file and extract .CAB version with EXE2CAB, select the destination folder in “EXE2CAB Choose Output File” dialog box, which is the C:\Install MUI\ folder.
EXE2CAB will convert the MUI file, and then Vista Multi-Language Pack Installation Tools will install the language pack into the Vista system.
Wait for the process to complete, then pick the new language in “Select Windows Vista Language”, click Apply.
Restart the computer and the system will boot into new language.

Vista Ultimate x86 MUI Language Packs
Danish language pack
German language pack
English language pack
Spanish language pack
Finnish language pack
French language pack
Italian language pack
Japanese language pack
Korean language pack
Norwegian language pack
Dutch language pack
Portuguese (Brazil) language pack
Russian language pack
Swedish language pack
Chinese (simplified) language pack
Chinese (Hong Kong S.A.R.) language pack
Arabic language pack
Bulgarian language pack
Czech language pack
Greek language pack
Estonian language pack
Hebrew language pack
Croatian language pack
Hungarian language pack
Lithuanian language pack
Latvian language pack
Polish language pack
Portuguese (Portugal) language pack
Romanian language pack
Slovak language pack
Slovenian language pack
Serbian (Latin) language pack
Thai language pack
Turkish language pack
Ukrainian language pack

Vista Ultimate x64 MUI Language Packs
Danish language pack
German language pack
English language pack
Spanish language pack
Finnish language pack
French language pack
Italian language pack
Japanese language pack
Korean language pack
Norwegian language pack
Dutch language pack
Portuguese (Brazil) language pack
Russian language pack
Swedish language pack
Chinese (simplified) language pack
Chinese (Hong Kong S.A.R.) language pack
Arabic language pack
Bulgarian language pack
Czech language pack
Greek language pack
Estonian language pack
Hebrew language pack
Croatian language pack
Hungarian language pack
Lithuanian language pack
Latvian language pack
Polish language pack
Portuguese (Portugal) language pack
Romanian language pack
Slovak language pack
Slovenian language pack
Serbian (Latin) language pack
Thai language pack
Turkish language pack
Ukrainian language pack

**X-riskS** · 06-05-2008

Nice one. This is good information. Thanks Charlton.

**sligh** · 06-05-2008

Thank you Charlton. This helped me to select my language.

**trickson** · 08-05-2008

That one really helped me

**mazbach12** · 04-07-2008

hi. I am really struggling here. tried to do this for about 6 hours now. i have everything downloaded and set up. however i keep getting the parameter is incorrect error message.

what is a no space in folder? i simply created a foloder like the one below. c:\MUITools\ i understand that no space means that it should not be like c:\MUI Tools\ with a space between MUI and Tools right?

However i do not have any spaces and i am getting the parameter incorrect message. I tried re-doing this several times and same issue.

Any help would be great. my email is maybach12@gmx.net

Thank you. Adrian

C:\MUITools\ or C:\MUI\ folder (Important: No space in folder name else will have “Incorrect Parameters” or “Parameter is incorrect” error message).