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I live in Finland. can't get firefox in English. Download the English (uk) version and its in Finnish anyway! in settings I select English. still finnish.

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JonathanHighlander
JonathanHighlander

I live in Finland. Download the English (uk) version and its in Finnish anyway! in settings I select English. still finnish. uninstalled and then installed from mozilla selecting the English Language version. I still get Finnish firefox. Prefered language for displaying pages also set to English. Its still in Finnish!

please help

I live in Finland. Download the English (uk) version and its in Finnish anyway! in settings I select English. still finnish. uninstalled and then installed from mozilla selecting the English Language version. I still get Finnish firefox. Prefered language for displaying pages also set to English. Its still in Finnish! please help

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Your troubleshooting information shows this locale language data: 

osPrefs: regionalPrefsLocales:["en-GB"];
systemLocales:["en-US"]; 
localeService: available:["en-GB","en-US"];
requested:["en-US","fi"];
regionalPrefs:["en-GB"];
supported:["en-US","en-GB"];
defaultLocale:"en-GB";

Did you check the installed languages and their order?

  • Options/Preferences -> General -> Languages

See also this pref on the about:config page.

  • intl.locale.requested
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James
James
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Download from www.mozilla.org/firefox/all/ in order to get Firefox in the locale you want.

JonathanHighlander
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Thanks but this did not help. after a full uninstall and downloading & installing the English version from the location you sugested......its still a Finnish Firefox!!

McCoy
McCoy

Hello Jonathan,

A complete stab in the dark, but your system details show that you're using "Startpage.com" search engine - maybe you could check the language settings :

https://www.startpage.com/search/settings?lang=en

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Ɖɔɖɔɖo si wotia

Your troubleshooting information shows this locale language data: 

osPrefs: regionalPrefsLocales:["en-GB"];
systemLocales:["en-US"]; 
localeService: available:["en-GB","en-US"];
requested:["en-US","fi"];
regionalPrefs:["en-GB"];
supported:["en-US","en-GB"];
defaultLocale:"en-GB";

Did you check the installed languages and their order?

  • Options/Preferences -> General -> Languages

See also this pref on the about:config page.

  • intl.locale.requested