setting computer regional time format

[sendlololol]

I need to change the user's regional time format on a computer


During the installation.  Our program does not run unless the regional time format is at a particular setting.  And yet we do not want for users to need to set it manually themselves.

I have been told to change this using the MSI.  Is it possible?

[Simon Dahlbacka]

that seems like a Bad Idea(tm) to me, as a user in a locale that's usually affected by "hardcoded decimal point programming" I definately do *not* want a random installer go fiddle with my regional settings just because the programmers didn't get it right. Fix your software instead IMO.

regards,

Simon

ps. sorry if the wording turned out harsh

On 4/3/07, Some user <sendspam@...> wrote:

I need to change the user's regional time format on a computer
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During the installation.  Our program does not run unless the regional time
format is at a particular setting.  And yet we do not want for users to need
to set it manually themselves.

I have been told to change this using the MSI.  Is it possible?
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[Tony Hoyle]

Simon Dahlbacka wrote:
> that seems like a Bad Idea(tm) to me, as a user in a locale that's
> usually affected by "hardcoded decimal point programming" I definately
> do *not* want a random installer go fiddle with my regional settings
> just because the programmers didn't get it right. Fix your software
> instead IMO.
>
Agreed.  Unless the installer is for a very controlled environment (in
which case the machine is likely to be mirrored and have the correct
settings anyway) it's just a bad idea all round.

Tony



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[DEÁK JAHN, Gábor-2]

On Mon, 2 Apr 2007 21:15:40 -0700 (PDT), Some user wrote:

Hello,

> During the installation.  Our program does not run unless the
> regional time format is at a particular setting.

I can only agree with the others. Your program is seriously broken, you need to fix it first. I would never buy a program myself that would want to fiddle with my personal operating system settings.

Bye,
   Gábor

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[sendlololol]

I totally agree, and in fact it was one of the points I brought up.  But my boss wants it to do this specifically.  Lucky our users are locked in eh... :/

[Mike Dimmick-2]

There's no supported API for doing this either. Setting it in the registry
would be possible but I wouldn't like to support it - it could well have
changed between Windows XP and Windows Vista, and could also change in
future.

Overall, bad idea.

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Mike Dimmick

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Subject: Re: [WiX-users] setting computer regional time format


I totally agree, and in fact it was one of the points I brought up.  But my
boss wants it to do this specifically.  Lucky our users are locked in eh...
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