How to Distribute Modifications to Default Regional Settings (207303)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q207303
IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

SUMMARY

This article describes how to export a registry key with new default regional settings and then import those settings on other Windows 95-based computers.

MORE INFORMATION

WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
  1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
  2. Double-click Regional Settings.
  3. Make the appropriate changes to the settings, click OK, and the close Control Panel.
  4. Use Registry Editor to export the following key to a file named Regional.reg:

    HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\International

  5. Copy the Regional.reg file to other computers, double-click the file to load the new settings, and then restart the computer to cause the new settings to take effect.
NOTE: If the above registry key does not reflect the changes you made to the regional settings, you may have user profiles enabled on the computer. If user profiles are enabled, the changed default regional settings are not maintained after the computer is rebooted. For more information about this issue, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

175086 Regional Settings Specified in User Profile Are Not Applied

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/11/2002
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