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Hierdie gesprek is in die argief. Vra asseblief 'n nuwe vraag as jy hulp nodig het.

The installer, no matter which language version I download, is always in the language of the country I reside in.

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peepbeen
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Basically what the title says.

Download En-US, install, end up with a Chinese installer and subsequently a Chinese version of Firefox.

Download En-GB, install, end up with Chinese again.

Installing the language pack solved my problem but it was infuriating searching for answers.

I have no idea why Mozilla would determine the language of what I download based on my IP.

Basically what the title says. Download En-US, install, end up with a Chinese installer and subsequently a Chinese version of Firefox. Download En-GB, install, end up with Chinese again. Installing the language pack solved my problem but it was infuriating searching for answers. I have no idea why Mozilla would determine the language of what I download based on my IP.

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We use IP's to estimate the locale you will download. You can always pick a different locale by going to https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/all/ to pick a different language.

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That's what I did, and I still got the Chinese installer.

cor-el
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So this link gives you the wrong language?

You can also try this location:

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peepbeen Vraag-eienaar
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Sorry, should have mentioned it's on Windows. Mac seems to be working fine.

cor-el
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In that case try the Windows links.

peepbeen
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The ftp link gives me the English installer, the download.mozilla link still gives me Chinese.