<s>
AppLocale	B-Application
is	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
by	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
launcher	O
application	O
that	O
makes	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
run	O
non-Unicode	O
(	O
code	O
page-based	O
)	O
applications	O
in	O
a	O
locale	B-Device
of	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
choice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
changing	O
the	O
locale	B-Device
normally	O
requires	O
a	O
restart	O
of	O
Windows	O
,	O
AppLocale	B-Application
is	O
especially	O
popular	O
with	O
western	O
users	O
of	O
Asian	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
create	O
a	O
shortcut	O
in	O
the	O
start	O
menu	O
,	O
located	O
under	O
Microsoft	B-Application
AppLocale	I-Application
,	O
however	O
you	O
will	O
be	O
prompted	O
by	O
AppLocale	B-Application
before	O
the	O
program	O
's	O
launch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppLocale	B-Application
works	O
with	O
many	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
all	O
non-Unicode	O
applications	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
such	O
is	O
still	O
inferior	O
to	O
really	O
setting	O
the	O
particular	O
locale	B-Device
systemwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
particular	O
,	O
it	O
requires	O
fonts	O
for	O
the	O
particular	O
locale	B-Device
to	O
be	O
installed	O
on	O
the	O
system	O
it	O
runs	O
on	O
,	O
and	O
Administrator	O
privileges	O
to	O
be	O
installed	O
(	O
though	O
not	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
not	O
officially	O
supported	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
or	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
;	O
a	O
person	O
who	O
is	O
using	O
Vista	B-Application
or	O
7	O
must	O
either	O
alter	O
the	O
system	O
locale	B-Device
manually	O
,	O
or	O
use	O
an	O
available	O
unofficial	O
workaround	O
to	O
install	O
the	O
AppLocale	B-Application
utility	O
(	O
see	O
below	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppLocale	B-Application
is	O
not	O
included	O
in	O
normal	O
retail	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
free	O
download	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Running	O
AppLocale	B-Application
on	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
or	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
is	O
not	O
officially	O
supported	O
and	O
it	O
fails	O
to	O
install	O
on	O
default	O
configurations	O
of	O
these	O
OS	O
if	O
attempted	O
;	O
however	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
(	O
which	O
requires	O
starting	O
apploc.msi	O
file	O
from	O
command	O
prompt	O
under	O
administrative	O
privileges	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
no	O
longer	O
works	O
on	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppLocale	B-Application
cannot	O
run	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2016	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
removed	O
all	O
pages	O
referring	O
to	O
Applocale	B-Application
,	O
including	O
the	O
official	O
download	O
,	O
from	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
website	O
,	O
thereby	O
officially	O
discontinuing	O
all	O
support	O
(	O
since	O
it	O
was	O
only	O
ever	O
supported	O
officially	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppLoc.tmp	O
in	O
the	O
AppPatch	O
folder	O
( %windir%	O
\apppatch	O
)	O
causes	O
a	O
Mojibake	O
issue	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
Installer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unofficial	O
solutions	O
of	O
this	O
problems	O
include	O
a	O
modified	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
,	O
called	O
pAppLocale	O
provided	O
by	O
Hung-Te	O
Lin	O
( 林弘德	O
piaip	O
)	O
for	O
free	O
,	O
or	O
blanking	O
the	O
AppLoc.tmp	O
file	O
,	O
then	O
setting	O
it	O
to	O
read	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
