Bug 8408 - "ThinLinc client" might use wrong translation in Add/Remove programs
Summary: "ThinLinc client" might use wrong translation in Add/Remove programs
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: ThinLinc
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Client (show other bugs)
Version: trunk
Hardware: PC Unknown
: P2 Normal
Target Milestone: LowPrio
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Reported: 2024-08-13 10:47 CEST by Alexander Zeijlon
Modified: 2024-08-13 14:34 CEST (History)
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Description Alexander Zeijlon cendio 2024-08-13 10:47:55 CEST 
When installing the client on our Windows 11 machine in the lab, I noticed that the display name for the client in "Add/Remove programs" is translated to Swedish, even if the system language on the machine is set to English.

This does not happen on the Windows 10 machine, and I am not sure if this is a faulty behavior in Windows 11 or if it is something we have any control over. 

Figured best to mention it either way.
Comment 1 Alexander Zeijlon cendio 2024-08-13 14:27:17 CEST 
The language is being set based upon the language preferences of the user running the installer.

In this case I was running the installer as LAB\administrator which happened to have Swedish set as system language on the Windows 11 machine.

The presentation in "Add/Remove programs" then is dependent on whatever language was used to install, since translated values are written to the registry.

(See Regedit: HKLM/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Uninstall/tlclient)
Comment 2 Alexander Zeijlon cendio 2024-08-13 14:27:43 CEST 
The ideal scenario would be if we could have the presentation in "Add/Remove programs" to depend on the system language for the current user, such that a user with system language set to English sees "ThinLinc client" while e.g. a user with system language set to Swedish sees "ThinLinc-klient"
Comment 3 Alexander Zeijlon cendio 2024-08-13 14:34:06 CEST 
One option could be to remove the "client" part of the display name and hence not have to translate anything. See Bug 7937.
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