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I want the QGIS interface in English, in order to share information with the GIS community. Using another language, when chatting with the GIS community, makes things more difficult. When I installed QGIS, it automatically set the language to French.
I am using Windows XP in French, but I want QGIS in English.
Sure, just go to the options dialog:
Préférences->Options->Langue (Settings->Options->Locale)
Check Forcer la nationalité du système (Override system locale) and set you language in there.
No need to uninstall QGIS.
All QGIS settings are stored in the registry at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\QuantumGIS\QGIS\
If you look for the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\QuantumGIS\QGIS\locale you will see it has a overrideFlag and userLocale setting. Make sure that overrideFlag is set to false.
You can also start QGIS with a command line arg to tell it which language to use:
qgis.bat --lang en_US
Once you are in QGIS head to Settings -> Options -> Locale and make sure override system locale is unticked and that the additional info section gives you the correct language, mine is en_AU for example.
Settings (or extra) --> options --> Locale --> (click to override) then chose language --> restart the programme to apply the new settings
I found it at Options/Local then Override system local.
