Setting default locale for Tomcat Service in Windows XP
java, locale, service, tomcat
Solution
You need to set `user.language` and `user.region` appropriately,
e.g.
java -Duser.language=en -Duser.region=CA
in your Tomcat startup (probably `catalina.bat`). Check this link for more info, and for references to the sets of valid ISO codes for the above.
Problem
I have installed Apache Tomcat 6 as a Service in a Windows XP computer (French) My problem is that Tomcat itself and all webapps (Sonar and Hudson) now show french messages. I want English messages of course so I went to the "Regional Settings" window in Control panel and changed everything to English (US) Tomcat however is still in French. Nothing changed at all. I suspect that because it runs as a service it does not pick the settings from control panel. So is there any way to trick the Tomcat JVM so that it uses English instead of French? I have sys admin access to the machine (XP PRO French) Thank you