Thank you Murugan, for the suggestion. If I rename the file like that, .local becomes the file extension. Not sure if that is what you want. Anyway, GC still starts in English. ----- Regards, Pedro Albuquerque [Join StarLink](https://starlink.com?referral=RC-DF-11719992-38576-14)
Em 10/09/2026 às 12:48, Murugan Mariappan <[email protected]> escreveu: > Pedro > > Can you save the environment file changes to file name environment.local and > restart GNUCash > > Saludos Cordiales > > Murugan > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > From: gnucash-user > <[email protected]> on behalf of > Pedro Albuquerque via gnucash-user <[email protected]> > Sent: 10 September 2026 05:21 > To: John Ralls <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>; > [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [GNC] GnuCash Language > > Hello, and thank you all for the comments. > > Tracefile (today 4h 54m) content: > * 04:53:55 WARN <gnc.backend.dbi> [gnc_module_init_backend_dbi()] No DBD > drivers found > * 04:54:04 WARN <gnc.app-utils.gsettings> [transform_settings()] Failed to > load preferences transformation file > 'D:\Programas\Escritório\gnucash/share\gnucash/pref_transformations.xml' > > John, obviously, Windows environment variables and GnuCash environment file > were modified by me. But there is some kind of issue, yes. > > As you can see in the image, command systeminfo shows pt as my locale, but > running: > > C:\Windows\System32>dism /online /get-intl > > Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool > Version: 10.0.26100.5074 > > Image Version: 10.0.26200.8037 > > Reporting online international settings. > > Default system UI language : pt-PT > The UI language fallback is : en-US > System locale : pt-PT > Default time zone : GMT Standard Time > Active keyboard(s) : 0816:00000816 > Keyboard layered driver : PC/AT Enhanced Keyboard (101/102-Key) > > Installed language(s): pt-PT > Type : Partially localized language, MUI type. > Fallback Languages en-US > > The operation completed successfully. > > Shows some partial fault, I don't know why or what. GnuCash runs fine in > another laptop with Win10. This one was upgraded to Win11 following this > procedure: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_p3dBrr_Sg. It uses a Win server version, pt > language based. Maybe that is the issue. Funny thing is it only affects > GnuCash, all other programs recognize pt as default. > > ----- > Regards, > Pedro Albuquerque > Join StarLink > > Em 10/09/2026 às 00:56, "John Ralls" <[email protected]> escreveu: >>The install-time language dialog box on Windows is just for the installer’s > UI. All of the GnuCash and Gtk translations are included in the > gnucash-xx-setup.exe. >> >>From the screenshot it looks like you’re unable to get GnuCash to give you > Portuguese no matter what: Setting LANG=pt_PT in the environment file would > override the system locale setting. >> >>Is there anything in the trace file? > (https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile) >> >>Regards, >>John Ralls >> >> >>> On Sep 9, 2026, at 14:18, Adrien Monteleone > <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Were you not given a choice at install time? >>> >>> I vaguely recall threads here of some mixed-locale systems having issues > though. If that is the case with your setup, it could be why GnuCash defaulted > to English. Do a search just on this list and you should find the solution. I > also vaguely recall there being a step of editing a locale file to resolve it. >>> >>> On 9/9/26 05:23, Pedro Albuquerque via gnucash-user wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> I'm looking for ideas on how to convince GnuCash to use the default system > language. Can anyone think of something? Because I can't. Thank you in > advance. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnucash-user mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>> ----- >>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> >>_______________________________________________ >>gnucash-user mailing list >>[email protected] >>To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>----- >>Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
