{"id":2264,"date":"2017-10-06T20:44:52","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T03:44:52","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-02-10T13:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T21:34:10","slug":"2264","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/2264","title":{"rendered":"Can I run Logger Pro in a different Language?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Logger Pro<\/em> for Windows is available in many languages. Logger Pro<\/em> for macOS is available only in English.<\/p>\n

In Logger Pro<\/em> 3.8.3 and above the program will automatically detect the language of the operating system that it is running on and run in that language. You can set the operating system language in the Control Panel (“Regions and Language” control) on a per user basis. Note that if the computer is running in a language that Logger Pro<\/em> isn’t translated for, Logger Pro<\/em> will run in English.<\/p>\n

However, if you want to force the Logger Pro<\/em> language to be something other than the operating system language, for instance, if you want to run Spanish on a English operating system computer, you can do that by modifying the shortcuts. To do that:<\/p>\n

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  1. Log in as administrator<\/li>\n
  2. Right click on the Logger Pro<\/em> shortcut (on either the desktop or start menu,)<\/li>\n
  3. Select “properties.” This will bring up a dialog.<\/li>\n
  4. Add ‘ \/lang=ES’ (without the quotes, but note the space) to the end of the field labeled target, so that the field reads something like:
    “C:Long_Path_to_Logger_ProLoggerPro.exe” \/lang=ES (with the double quotes.)<\/li>\n
  5. The default path to Logger Pro<\/em> English installations is”\n