If your computer’s regional settings are not set up properly on your computer, then the wrong date/currency format may be displayed in the Cashbook for your particular country. You may also see this message when starting Cashbook: “It appears your Windows Regional Settings are conflicting with what has been set up in the Cashbook”.
To avoid date/currency problems, the Regional Settings need to be correct in TWO places: your “Location/Country” and your “Language”. See below:-
Windows 11
- Windows, click the “Start” button, then “Settings”, “Time and language”, “Language and region”
- Make sure that the “Country or region” is set to the country you live in (e.g. “Australia”, “United States”, “New Zealand”, etc.)
- Under that, make sure that the “Languages” list includes “English” plus the country you live in (e.g. “English (Australia)”, “English (United States)”, “English (New Zealand)”, etc. Click “Add a language” if your local language is not listed. If there are any unwanted languages listed, you should click on them and choose “Remove” so you’re left with your default language only
- Under “Related settings”, click “Administrative language settings”
- Click on the “Formats” tab
- Select “Match Windows display language (recommended)” from the dropdown menu
- Click “OK” to apply your changes
Windows 10
- In Windows, click the “Start” button, then “Settings”, “Time and Language”, “Region and Language”
- Make sure that the “Country or region” is set to the country you live in (e.g. “Australia”, “United States”, “New Zealand”, etc.)
- Under that, make sure that the “Languages” list includes “English” plus the country you live in (e.g. “English (Australia)”, “English (United States)”, “English (New Zealand)”, etc. Click “Add a language” if your local language is not listed. If there are any unwanted languages listed, you should click on them and choose “Remove” so you’re left with your default language only
- Under “Related settings”, click “Additional date, time & regional settings”
- Click on the “Region” heading
- On the “Formats” tab, select “Match Windows display language (recommended)” from the dropdown menu
- Click “OK” to apply your changes
Windows 8 and 8.1
- In Windows, go to “Settings”, “Control Panel”, “Clock Language and Region”, “Change Location”
- Make sure that the “Home location” is set to the country you live in (e.g. “Australia”, “United States”, “New Zealand”, etc.)
- On the “Formats” tab, select “Match Windows display language (recommended)” from the dropdown menu
- Click “OK” to apply your changes
Windows Vista and Windows 7
- In Windows, click the “Start” button, then “Control Panel”, “Clock Language and Region”, “Change location”
- Make sure that the “Current location” is set to the country you live in (e.g. “Australia”, “United States”, “New Zealand”, etc.)
- Click on the “Formats” tab, and make sure that it is set to “English” plus the country you live in (e.g. “English (Australia)”, “English (United States)”, “English (New Zealand)”, etc.
- Click “OK” to apply your changes
Windows XP
Windows XP is no longer supported by Microsoft. Please upgrade to a more recent version of Windows, such as Windows 10.