FIX: Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) that has the Multilingual User Interface Pack (MUI) installed breaks the compatibility with language-specific Windows Server 2003 versions (915942)

RESOLUTION

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Windows Server 2003 service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Prerequisites

To apply this hotfix, you must have Windows Server 2003 SP1 installed on the computer.

Restart requirement

You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.Windows Server 2003, x86-based versions with Service Pack 1

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time	Platform
Fdeploy.dll	5.2.3790.2705	79,360	18-May-2006	04:12	x86

Windows Server 2003, x64-based versions with Service Pack 1

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time	Platform	SP requirement	Service branch
Fdeploy.dll	5.2.3790.2705	113,664	17-May-2006	13:24	x64	SP1	Not Applicable
Wfdeploy.dll	5.2.3790.2705	79,360	17-May-2006	13:24	x86	SP1	WOW

Windows Server 2003, Itanium-based versions with Service Pack 1

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time	Platform	SP requirement	Service branch
Fdeploy.dll	5.2.3790.2705	211,456	17-May-2006	13:24	IA-64	SP1	Not Applicable
Wfdeploy.dll	5.2.3790.2705	79,360	17-May-2006	13:24	x86	SP1	WOW

MORE INFORMATION

After you apply this hotfix, you must check the value of the following registry subkey.

Registry subkey	Value	Type
`HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\Fdeploy`	`LocalizeXPRelativePaths`	REG_DWORD

If you find duplicate folders in different languages, install the code change package and the check registry value that matches your scenario:

Log on by using the MUI Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server together with different user language configurations.

In this case, you must set the registry value to 0. This is the default registry value if one is not present.
Log on by using the MUI Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server and by using language-specific client computer Windows systems with same user language configurations.

In this case, you do not have to set the registry value because the value is already set to 1. Remember that package installation automatically sets this as the value.

Note This problem may also occur on a Microsoft Windows XP-based computer.

Before you install Windows Server 2003 SP1, Windows creates a Shell folder. This folder is based on the names that the desktop language configuration defines. After you install Windows Server 2003 SP1, Windows creates a different Shell folder. This folder is based on the names that the computer language configuration defines.

This design change fixes a problem in the Windows Server 2003 MUI system. In this problem, if you configure Folder Redirection and log on to the MUI system several times with a different language every time, the system duplicates the Folder Redirection store folder. The system does this by creating one folder for each language.

Another scenario is defined by a mixed environment that combines language-specific versions of the Windows systems, the MUI Windows systems, and systems that have Folder Redirection configured to roam between these systems.

The Windows MUI systems are all English-based. Therefore, if you configure Folder Redirection where you store the Shell folders regardless of the Windows system that you log on to, Windows creates English-based Shell folders. Windows creates these folders when you log on to a Windows Server 2003 SP1 Terminal Server that has the MUI installed. This occurs regardless of the desktop language configuration. If you previously logged on to a specific language version of a Windows system, the language-specific Shell folder-based folders will already be created. This scenario has you store Folder Redirection folders that have duplicate users, Shell folders that have different language version folder names, English-based MUI systems, and the default MUI language for systems. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

836001 Multiple references to the same Startup group may appear when Multilingual User Interface Pack (MUI) is installed in your computer and you are using the Folder Redirection Group Policy extension in Windows XP