No valid interface language found on Photoshop CS on Windows 7

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This is a problem with the Arabic versions of Photoshop.

You may want to check the solution found on an Arabic forum which roughly translates to this:

After the install, open up the Control Panel
Open up Region and Language
The following dialog will appear:
Follow the numbered steps to switch language to English (United States).
Restart Photoshop.

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Christoph Rüegg

Updated on September 17, 2022

Comments

Christoph Rüegg almost 2 years

I downloaded Photoshop CS (Photoshop 8) for Windows 7. When I tried to open it I get the follow error message:

No valid interface language is present

How do I fix this?
- Admin over 14 years
  
  Photoshop CS8 ???? Man, time flies, the last version I've heard of is the CS4 !!!
- Admin over 14 years
  
  Windows 7 doubles your productivity !
- Admin over 14 years
  
  Joke aside, which version of photoshop do you really use, what do you mean by "downloaded" ? Is that a trial version or something ?
- Admin over 14 years
  
  Folks stop downvoting him, please. His question is pertinent and well formulated. It just so happens most photoshop localized versions don't have this problem, so its natural we don't know about it. It's however a common problem with the Arabic versions.
- Admin over 14 years
  
  @Gnoupi; I believe you can download a purchased copy straight off adobe.com.
- Admin over 14 years
  
  Sigh. Do I need to start another rant? (meta.stackexchange.com/questions/26305/…)
- Admin over 14 years
  
  @A Dwarf, I'm sorry, but even if his question is pertinent, it lacks details and any basic formatting or punctuation. This is not what I would call a "well formulated question".
- Admin over 14 years
  
  @gnoupi: please don't expect everyone to have the same knowledge of the english language, or to be as well educated in it as yourself. The original question, which you can still see from the edit history) is of easy comprehension. This is all it should take.
- Admin over 14 years
  
  @A Dwarf: The original question was unclear, and lacking details. Hopefully this error message in google turned the answer, but besides, you didn't know anything on what exact version, nor even the language of it. I don't "expect people" to have same knowledge of english language, but I expect people who want some help to actually make the effort too. Fact is, on SuperUser, answerers are ready to interpolate any badly asked question just to answer as fast as possible. So indeed, why would people asking question make any effort, people are here to decipher their requests.
- Admin over 14 years
  
  If not for the back and forth of these comments, this question would still be very unclear and not helpful to anyone.
Moayad Mardini over 14 years

I can read Arabic and this is actually the solution of this problem. That link talks about version 8 of Photoshop, and I think this is what the OP is asking about. Great find. +1
Gnoupi over 14 years

Great edit, Eight, clear and giving the actual answer without following a link.
A Dwarf over 14 years

It be even better if someone with arabic knowledge could translate that image.
Gnoupi over 14 years

According to the formats shown, I would guess it says to switch language and region to English(US). (Then to click apply, and then ok, which could be shortened in ok only).
Gnoupi over 14 years

(After further checking, "United States" is indeed written between the parenthesis)