# CMAKE\_INSTALL\_PREFIX in Spanish on Windows
**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-install-prefix-in-spanish-on-windows/2361
**Category:** Code
**Created:** [December 13, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-install-prefix-in-spanish-on-windows/2361 "2020-12-13T00:06:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@MelvinG24](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/MelvinG24)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-install-prefix-in-spanish-on-windows/2361/1 "2020-12-13T00:06:21Z")
How can I define CMAKE\_INSTALL\_PREFIX if Windows is in English to go to C:\program file\ and if Windows is in Spanish to go to C:\Archivos de Programas\
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-install-prefix-in-spanish-on-windows/2361/2 "2020-12-13T02:38:10Z")
I think you can use `$ENV{ProgramFiles}` to get that path in any language. If you need the 32-bit version:
```cmake
set(envvar "ProgramFiles(x86)")
set(program_files "$ENV{${envvar}}")
```
is needed because variable names cannot have `()` in them literally.
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### Author:  [@McMartin](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/McMartin)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2020, 9:49am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-install-prefix-in-spanish-on-windows/2361/3 "2020-12-13T09:49:14Z")
```auto
set(program_files "$ENV{ProgramFiles\(x86\)}")
```
should also work.
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-install-prefix-in-spanish-on-windows/2361/4 "2020-12-13T14:36:09Z")
I don’t think so (at least with CMP0053 set to NEW) because `\(` is not a recognized escape sequence. We discussed this when I implemented the policy and decided it was rare enough that the workaround was fine.
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### Author:  [@McMartin](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/McMartin)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2020, 8:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-install-prefix-in-spanish-on-windows/2361/5 "2020-12-13T20:55:16Z")
```auto
message("$ENV{ProgramFiles\(x86\)}")
```
gives a warning and doesn’t output what we want:
```auto
CMake Warning (dev) at D:/dev/CMExt/env_var.cmake:1 (message):
Syntax error in cmake code at
D:/dev/CMExt/env_var.cmake:1
when parsing string
$ENV{ProgramFiles\(x86\)}
syntax error, unexpected cal_SYMBOL, expecting } (19)
Policy CMP0010 is not set: Bad variable reference syntax is an error. Run
"cmake --help-policy CMP0010" for policy details. Use the cmake_policy
command to set the policy and suppress this warning.
This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it.
$ENV{ProgramFiles\(x86\)}
```
* * *
```auto
cmake_policy(SET CMP0010 NEW)
message("$ENV{ProgramFiles\(x86\)}")
```
gives an error and stops processing:
```auto
CMake Error at D:/dev/CMExt/env_var.cmake:2 (message):
Syntax error in cmake code at
D:/dev/CMExt/env_var.cmake:2
when parsing string
$ENV{ProgramFiles\(x86\)}
syntax error, unexpected cal_SYMBOL, expecting } (19)
```
* * *
```auto
cmake_policy(SET CMP0053 NEW)
message("$ENV{ProgramFiles\(x86\)}")
```
gives what we want:
```auto
C:\Program Files (x86)
```
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2020, 12:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-install-prefix-in-spanish-on-windows/2361/6 "2020-12-14T12:59:55Z")
Oh, maybe we decided differently. In that case, carry on 🙂 . It’s too late to change such a minor behavior that has a small upside IMO 🙂 .
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### Author:  [@MelvinG24](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/MelvinG24)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-install-prefix-in-spanish-on-windows/2361/7 "2020-12-15T03:59:43Z")
Thank you very much, it really helps.