Problem

SOLIDWORKS is using the English language instead of the preferred language.

Solution

First, make sure you download and install the correct language package for SOLIDWORKS. To complete this process, you will need to modify SOLIDWORKS. Please follow the instructions in the guide below to do so.

How To Modify A SOLIDWORKS Installation

You can choose additional languages to install once you get to the Product Selection page. Select the language packages you want to install and select Next to continue the installation process.

Once the modification is finished, you can change the language from English by navigating to Tools > Options > System Options > General, and clear the check boxes for “Use English language menus” and “Use English language features and file names.” These check boxes will be available if you have selected a language other than English during your installation and if SOLIDWORKS' system options are set to said language.

In some cases, the system options are grayed out if the user account on their machine is set to English. Thus, SOLIDWORKS will continue operating in English no matter what language was selected in the installation. 

If this problem occurs, change the system language to the desired language under Windows Settings > Time & Language > Language & Region. Make sure that the settings “Use English language menus” and “Use English language feature and file names” in SOLIDWORKS are unchecked.

If you only want to change the language in SOLIDWORKS, follow the instructions below.

1. Close out all SOLIDWORKS applications.
2. Navigate to <install_location>\SolidWorks\lang (the default location is C:\Program Files\SolidWorks Corp\SolidWorks\lang), where the folders of English and the language of your choice should be located.

3. Rename “english” to “english_old” and rename the folder of the desired language to “english”.

   

   

4. Relaunch SOLIDWORKS to view and operate the software in the language of your choice.

For further technical support, please contact Hawk Ridge Systems at 877.266.4469 for the U.S. or 866.587.6803 for Canada and support@hawkridgesys.com.