10 Responses to “Updated: Download Multiple SharePoint 2010 Language Packs Automatically”

1. Frank says:

   August 28, 2013 at 11:45 am

   I’m not a developer, but I’m curious about something in your source code about the actual URL path for the languages in this private method: private string getDownloadLink which seems that you’re using this string http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/” + language + “/details.aspx?familyid=” + guid

   however, when I go to an actual download page for a language, I see this URL format: http://www.microsoft.com/zh-tw/download/details.aspx?id=3411

   I only mention this because I’m not able to download some of the languages (the language pack does not exist) using your tool and when I could download some, I get an error trying to install them (RussianLangaugePack_SP1.exe is not a valid Win32 application).

   Thanks

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2. Frank says:

   August 28, 2013 at 12:01 pm

   This actually worked on my local machine, please ignore my previous post.

   Are there any prerequisites need to run this tool?

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   • matdesmarais says:

     August 28, 2013 at 12:51 pm

     Hi Frank,

     To run the tool there should be no extra requirements other than .Net 3.5 runtimes available on your workstation. You will however need to install the language packs with the proper version of SharePoint, and only on a SharePoint server.

     Thanks for using my tool. If you see anything that could be improved, let me know.

     As for the download url, the block of code there tries to build the url in a specific format then looks at the result to see if the page is valid and has a download. It falls back to another url format if the specific language is in the old page style. As per my last tests, back on June 6th, all the language packs downloaded properly. If you do see some failing downloads, let me know and I can look into it.

     Thanks,

     Mat

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3. Frank says:

   September 13, 2013 at 9:40 am

   You have options for Service Pack 1 for SP 2010, will you enhance this tool by also including SP2?

   Thanks, this is an awesome tool and time saver, now if there was a quicker way to streamline these language pack installs I would be cruising.

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   • matdesmarais says:

     September 13, 2013 at 10:12 am

     Hi Frank, thanks for the request. I will definitely add it to the tool. I’ll let you know when it is ready.
     Mat

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     • matdesmarais says:

       September 13, 2013 at 11:43 am

       Hi Frank, I have just updated the Codeplex project with your requested change. Let me know if you have any trouble.
       -Mat Desmarais

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4. Frank says:

   September 13, 2013 at 1:50 pm

   Awesome, I will give it a try.

   Thanks for the quick response.

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5. DJ says:

   November 7, 2013 at 1:22 pm

   Can you add 2013 foundation as an option? Thanks!

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   • matdesmarais says:

     November 7, 2013 at 3:48 pm

     Hi DJ, I will look into that and provide an update soon. Thanks for the feedback. Mat

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   • matdesmarais says:

     November 7, 2013 at 4:21 pm

     Hi DJ, The new release supporting SharePoint Foundation 2013 has been done on CodePlex. I will post a new article here announcing this release later today. Thanks again for the feedback. Mat

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