Installation

  1. Supported OSes
  2. Prerequisites
  3. Installation
  4. Double click GGSGurmkhiKB.msi to launch installer.
  5. Installation will be done without further user input and after successful installtion following dialog will be displayed.

  6. Click close to exit installtion.
  7. Now open Control Panel.
  8. Click on Regional and Language Options.
  9. Choose "Languages" tab and click on "Install files for complex scripts and right-to-left languages (including Thai)"
  10. Following dialog box is displayed, click "OK". At this point you might need Windows XP installation discs, from which you initially installed Windows XP.
  11. Now again open "Regional and Language Options" dialog box from Control panel and click on "Details" button.
  12. "Text services and Input Languages" dialog box opens. Click on "Add" button.
  13. "Add Input Language" dialog box opens, choose "Punjabi" from the "Input Language" dropdown.
  14. Choose "GGS Gurmukhi Unicode" from "Keyboard layout/IME" dropdown.
  15. Now you should be able to see "GGS Gurmukhi Unicode" listed under keyboard under "Punjabi"

  16. Click on "Apply" button which will enable "Language Bar" button.
  17. Click on "Language Bar" button.

  18. "Language Bar Settings" dialog box opens. Check all options and click OK.

  19. Now you should be able to see language bar on top right corner of desktop.

  20. Click on language bar and you will see all the languages installed. Click on "Punjabi" to start typing in punjabi.

  21. Open "Notepad" and type "vahigurU" you should be able to see
  22. Uninstallation
    1. For uninstalling the GGS Gurmukhi Unicode keyboard, open "Regional and Language Options" from Control Panel and click "Details" button on "Languages" tab.

    2. "Text Services and Input Languages" dialog box opens. Select "GGS Gurmukhi Unicode" and click "Remove" button.
    3. Click on "OK"
    4. Open "Control Panel" and click on "Add Remove Programs"
    5. Choose "GGS Gurmukhi Unicode" and click on "Remove"
  23. Known issues
  24. If you do not remove "GGS Gurmukhi Unicode" from "Regional & Language Options" first and instead try removing from "Control Panel", uninstall fails.