Maya randomly changed language

[Anonymous]

Hey all,

After several weeks of being in a rut with modelling I've started up the program again only to find that for some reason all of Maya has changed my language from english to japanese. Anyone had the same thing?

@Anonymous your title "Maya tower of babylon'd me (randomly changed language)" was changed for clarity by @sean.heasley

[Anonymous]

Hey all,

After several weeks of being in a rut with modelling I've started up the program again only to find that for some reason all of Maya has changed my language from english to japanese. Anyone had the same thing?

@Anonymous your title "Maya tower of babylon'd me (randomly changed language)" was changed for clarity by @sean.heasley

[sean.heasley]

Hi @Anonymous

You can follow these steps and should be all set!

• Right-click on the My Computer icon on the Windows Desktop, and select Properties from the drop-down list that appears.
• Note: On Windows 7, right-click your computer name and select Properties, then Advanced system settings.
• In the System Properties window, click the Advanced tab.
• Click the Environment Variables button.
• The Environment Variables window appears.
• In the User variables for <userlogin> section, click New.In the Variable Name text field, type: MAYA_UI_LANGUAGE
• In the Variable Value text field, type: en_US
• Launch Maya.

Let me know if this works or if you need more help!

If one or more of these posts helped answer your question, please click Accept as Solution on the posts that helped you so others in the community can find them easily.

Kudos are greatly appreciated. Everyone likes a thumbs up!

[sean.heasley]

Hi @Anonymous

You can follow these steps and should be all set!

• Right-click on the My Computer icon on the Windows Desktop, and select Properties from the drop-down list that appears.
• Note: On Windows 7, right-click your computer name and select Properties, then Advanced system settings.
• In the System Properties window, click the Advanced tab.
• Click the Environment Variables button.
• The Environment Variables window appears.
• In the User variables for <userlogin> section, click New.In the Variable Name text field, type: MAYA_UI_LANGUAGE
• In the Variable Value text field, type: en_US
• Launch Maya.

Let me know if this works or if you need more help!

If one or more of these posts helped answer your question, please click Accept as Solution on the posts that helped you so others in the community can find them easily.

Kudos are greatly appreciated. Everyone likes a thumbs up!

[sean.heasley]

Hi @Anonymous

I'm just checking in again to see if you need more help with this. Did the suggestion I provided yesterday work for you?

If so, please click Accept as Solution on the posts that helped you so others in the community can find them easily.

[sean.heasley]

Hi @Anonymous

I'm just checking in again to see if you need more help with this. Did the suggestion I provided yesterday work for you?

If so, please click Accept as Solution on the posts that helped you so others in the community can find them easily.