Install one version per user in Windows. [Solved.]

[xsmith]

Hi there,
Running Windows 10, TB 68.2.0 with 2 Windows users.
I need to be able to use TB with a different language for each user.
There is no add-on available for TB 68 to switch languages using language packs.
Is there a way to install TB on a per user basis? Or some other solution you can think of.
TIA.

[sfhowes]

Can you find the relevant language pack here?

https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/thunder ... win32/xpi/

You will have to add the pref. intl.locale.requested with the corresponding value.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1490598#c3

I confirmed this with the Dutch pack in TB 68.2.

[xsmith]

@sfhowes: Thank you very much for the links. I found the FR language pack and the fix.

In the meantime, I devised another solution, far from perfect, I must admit. On one user account, I installed TB 68.2.0 x86 FR, on the other TB 68.2.0 x64 EN.
And it works with Firefox, too.

Note: When installing both localized versions from the same account, I had to manually ensure the correct install folder was chosen (Program Files or Program Files (X86))

Thank you all for your time.

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[WaltS48]

Hi there,
Running Windows 10, TB 68.2.0 with 2 Windows users.
I need to be able to use TB with a different language for each user.
There is no add-on available for TB 68 to switch languages using language packs.
Is there a way to install TB on a per user basis? Or some other solution you can think of.
TIA.

Did you go to Options > Composition > Spelling and click the "Get More Dictionaries" link?

I see a French language pack there.

I'll save you some steps. Language Tools

[LIMPET235]

@ xsmith...
You asked "@mods: Please mark the post as *SOLVED* (Or tell me how to do it) TY."
Just go to your 1st post & hit the EDIT button.
Easy peasy.

Already did it for you.

[Eckard]

I need to be able to use TB with a different language for each user.
There is no add-on available for TB 68 to switch languages using language packs.

Thunderbird 68 comes with a built-in locale switcher.
• First go to to Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Config Editor ..., search for the options intl.multilingual.downloadEnabled and intl.multilingual.enabled and toggle their values to "true"
• Restart TB, go to Options > Advanced > Language, click on the the small arrow in the language field, you'll see a drop-down menu like this



• Click on Search for more languages and you'll see this window in which you can choose a language you want to add



TB will install the selected language pack in Add-ons > Languages.

• To switch to another language click again on the little arrow of the actual language, select the desired language in the drop-down and click on "Apply and restart"



Warning:
because of bug https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1575512 the folder names in the folder pane may not be translated when you change the language. This bug will be fixed in Thunderbird 68.2.1 coming soon.

Addendum: even though in the meantime xsmith has marked his thread as "Solved" I post my message for other users who want to use Thunderbird with different language packs.