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Q142328: Windows 95 - How to Change International Dialing Access Codes

Article: Q142328
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
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Keyword(s): kbenv
Last Modified: 13-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
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SUMMARY
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The international dialing access code is the number you dial to access
international long distance from a particular country/region. This number is
dialed automatically by Windows 95-based communications programs that use the
telephony dialing rules. If the international access code for a country/region
changes, you must modify the Telephon.ini file for Windows 95 to dial it. For
example, Singapore recently changed its international access code from 005 to
001.

MORE INFORMATION
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To change an international access code in Windows 95, add a [CountryOverrides]
section to the Telephon.ini file in the Windows folder. For example, to change
Singapore's international access code from 005 to 001, add the following lines
to the Telephon.ini file:

  [CountryOverrides]
  Country65=65,66,"Singapore","G","","001EFG"

Localized versions of Windows 95 (for languages other than English) need the same
entries in the Telephon.ini file. The only part of the entry that is localized
is the name of the country/region (in this example, Singapore).

The following sections describe the above entry:

- [CountryOverrides] is the section header to be added to the Telephon.ini
  file.

- "Country65" is the country/region being modified. 65 is the country/region
  code for Singapore. If you needed to change the access code for the United
  States, you would use "Country1."

- The "65" to the right of the equal sign is the country/region code for
  Singapore. "66" is the next number in the sequence of country/region codes.
  This second number may or may not be contiguous, but it must be correct.

- "Singapore" is the country/region name in this example.

- "G" is the local dialing rules. This indicates that local dialing requires
  only the local number.

- "" represents the long distance dialing rules. In Singapore, there are no
  long distance calls; therefore, there are no dialing rules for long distance.
  In the United States, this would be "1FG" indicating a 1, the area code, and
  a local number.

- "001EFG" represents the dialing rules for international dialing. 001 is the
  international dialing access number for the country/region. "EFG" represents
  the country/region code, area code, and local number for the number being
  dialed.

There have been changes to international dialing access codes for several
countries/regions since the release of Windows 95. The following
[CountryOverrides] section shows the current list of international dialing
access codes, including all the currently known changes. Due to the manner in
which Windows 95 reads the list of countries/regions, we recommend that you
place this entire list in the Telephon.ini file, not just parts of it. This
ensures appropriate behavior.

NOTE: You should type the following lines all on one line. They will not work if
entered wrapped as shown.

  [CountryOverrides]
  Country1=1,101,"United States of America","G"," 1FG","011EFG"
  Country101=1,102,"Anguilla","G"," 1FG","011EFG"
  Country102=1,103,"Antigua","G"," 1FG","011EFG"
  Country103=1,104,"Bahamas","G"," 1FG","011EFG"
  Country104=1,105,"Barbados","G"," 1FG","011EFG"
  Country105=1,106,"Bermuda","G"," 1FG","011EFG"
  Country106=1,107,"British Virgin Islands","G"," 1FG","011EFG"
  Country107=1,108,"Canada","G"," 1FG","011EFG"
  Country108=1,109,"Cayman Islands","G"," 1FG","011EFG"
  Country109=1,110,"Dominica","G"," 1FG","011EFG"
  Country110=1,111,"Dominican Republic","G"," 1FG","011EFG"
  Country111=1,112,"Grenada","G"," 1FG","011EFG"
  Country112=1,113,"Jamaica","G"," 1FG","011EFG"
  Country113=1,114,"Montserrat","G"," 1FG","011EFG"
  Country114=1,115,"Nevis","G"," 1FG","011EFG"
  Country115=1,116,"St. Kitts","G"," 1FG","011EFG"
  Country116=1,117,"St. Vincent and the Grenadines","G"," 1FG","0EFG"
  Country117=1,118,"Trinidad and Tobago","G"," 1FG","011EFG"
  Country118=1,120,"Turks and Caicos Islands","G"," 1FG","0EFG"
  Country120=1,121,"Barbuda","G"," 1FG","011EFG"
  Country121=1,122,"Puerto Rico","G"," 1FG","011EFG"
  Country122=1,123,"Saint Lucia","G"," 1FG","011EFG"
  Country123=1,124,"United States Virgin Islands","G"," 1FG","011EFG"
  Country124=1,20,"Guam","G"," 1FG","011EFG"
  Country 20=20,212,"Egypt","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country212=212,213,"Morocco","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country213=213,216,"Algeria","G","0FG","00,EFG"
  Country216=216,218,"Tunisia","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country218=218,220,"Libya","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country220=220,221,"Gambia","G","","00EFG"
  Country221=221,222,"Senegal Republic","G","","00EFG"
  Country222=222,223,"Mauritania","G","","00EFG"
  Country223=223,224,"Mali","G","","00EFG"
  Country224=224,225,"Guinea","G","","00EFG"
  Country225=225,226,"Cote d'Ivoire","G","","00EFG"
  Country226=226,227,"Burkina Faso","G","","00EFG"
  Country227=227,228,"Niger","G","","00EFG"
  Country228=228,229,"Togo","G","","00EFG"
  Country229=229,230,"Benin","G","","00EFG"
  Country230=230,231,"Mauritius","G","","00EFG"
  Country231=231,232,"Liberia","G","","0EFG"
  Country232=232,233,"Sierra Leone","G","IG","00EFG"
  Country233=233,234,"Ghana","G","","00EFG"
  Country234=234,235,"Nigeria","G","0FG","009EFG"
  Country235=235,236,"Chad","G","","15EFG"
  Country236=236,237,"Central African Republic","G","","19EFG"
  Country237=237,238,"Cameroon","G","","00EFG"
  Country238=238,239,"Cape Verde Islands","G","","0EFG"
  Country239=239,240,"Sao Tome and Principe","G","","00EFG"
  Country240=240,241,"Equatorial Guinea","G","","00EFG"
  Country241=241,242,"Gabon","G","","00EFG"
  Country242=242,243,"Congo","G","","00EFG"
  Country244=244,245,"Angola","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country245=245,246,"Guinea-Bissau","G","","099EFG"
  Country246=246,247,"Diego Garcia","G","","00EFG"
  Country247=247,248,"Ascension Island","G","","01EFG"
  Country248=248,249,"Seychelle Islands","G","","00EFG"
  Country249=249,250,"Sudan","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country250=250,251,"Rwanda","G","","00EFG"
  Country251=251,252,"Ethiopia","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country252=252,253,"Somalia","G","","19,EFG"
  Country253=253,254,"Djibouti","G","","00EFG"
  Country254=254,255,"Kenya","G","0FG","000EFG"
  Country255=255,256,"Tanzania","G","0FG","0900EFG"
  Country256=256,257,"Uganda","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country257=257,258,"Burundi","G","","90EFG"
  Country258=258,260,"Mozambique","G","","00EFG"
  Country260=260,261,"Zambia","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country261=261,262,"Madagascar","G","","16EFG"
  Country262=262,263,"Reunion Island","G","","19EFG"
  Country263=263,264,"Zimbabwe","G","1FG","110EFG"
  Country264=264,265,"Namibia","G","0FG","09EFG"
  Country265=265,266,"Malawi","G","","101EFG"
  Country266=266,267,"Lesotho","G","","00EFG"
  Country267=267,268,"Botswana","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country268=268,269,"Swaziland","G","","00EFG"
  Country269=269,2691,"Mayotte Island","G","","10EFG"
  Country2691=269,27,"Comoros","G","","10EFG"
  Country27=27,290,"South Africa","G","0FG","09EFG"
  Country290=290,291,"St. Helena","G","","01EFG"
  Country291=291,297,"Eritrea","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country297=297,298,"Aruba","G","","00EFG"
  Country298=298,299,"Faeroe Islands","G","","009EFG"
  Country299=299,30,"Greenland","G","","009EFG"
  Country30=30,31,"Greece","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country31=31,32,"Netherlands","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country32=32,33,"Belgium","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country33=33,34,"France","0FG","0FG","00EFG"
  Country34=34,350,"Spain","G","FG","07,EFG"
  Country350=350,351,"Gibraltar","G","","00EFG"
  Country351=351,352,"Portugal","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country352=352,353,"Luxembourg","G","","00EFG"
  Country353=353,354,"Ireland","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country354=354,355,"Iceland","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country355=355,356,"Albania","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country356=356,357,"Malta","G","","00EFG"
  Country357=357,358,"Cyprus","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country358=358,359,"Finland","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country359=359,36,"Bulgaria","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country36=36,370,"Hungary","G"," 06,FG","00EFG"
  Country370=370,371,"Lithuania","G"," 8WFG","8W10EFG"
  Country371=371,372,"Latvia","G"," 8,FG","00EFG"
  Country372=372,373,"Estonia","G"," 8,2IG","8,00EFG"
  Country373=373,374,"Moldova","G"," 8WFG","8W10EFG"
  Country374=374,375,"Armenia","G"," 8,IG","8,10EFG"
  Country375=375,376,"Belarus","G"," 8WFG","8W10EFG"
  Country376=376,377,"Andorra","G","","00EFG"
  Country377=377,378,"Monaco","G","","00EFG"
  Country378=378,379,"San Marino","G","0IG","00EFG"
  Country379=39,380,"Vatican City","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country380=380,381,"Ukraine","G"," 8WFG","8W10EFG"
  Country381=381,385,"Yugoslavia","G","0FG","99EFG"
  Country385=385,386,"Croatia","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country386=386,387,"Slovenia","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country387=387,389,"Bosnia and Herzegovina","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country389=389,39,"F.Y.R.O.M. (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)",
   "G","0FG","99EFG"
  Country39=39,40,"Italy","0FG","0FG","00EFG"
  Country40=40,41,"Romania","G"," 0FG","00EFG"
  Country41=41,4175,"Switzerland","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country4175=4175,420,"Liechtenstein","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country420=420,421,"Czech Republic","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country421=421,43,"Slovak Republic","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country43=43,44,"Austria","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country44=44,45,"United Kingdom","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country45=45,46,"Denmark","G","","00EFG"
    Before September 11, 1999:
  Country46=46,47,"Sweden","G","0FG","009EFG"
    After September 11, 1999:
  Country46=46,47,"Sweden","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country47=47,48,"Norway","G","","00EFG"
  Country48=48,49,"Poland","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country49=49,500,"Germany","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country500=500,501,"Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)","G","","0EFG"
  Country501=501,502,"Belize","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country502=502,503,"Guatemala","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country503=503,504,"El Salvador","G","","0EFG"
  Country504=504,505,"Honduras","G","","00EFG"
  Country505=505,506,"Nicaragua","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country506=506,507,"Costa Rica","G","","00EFG"
  Country507=507,508,"Panama","G","","00EFG"
  Country508=508,509,"St. Pierre and Miquelon","G","","19,EFG"
  Country509=509,51,"Haiti","G","","00EFG"
  Country51=51,52,"Peru","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country52=52,53,"Mexico","G"," 00FG","01EFG"
  Country53=53,5399,"Cuba","G","0FG","119EFG"
  Country5399=53,54,"Guantanamo Bay","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country54=54,55,"Argentina","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country55=55,56,"Brazil","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country56=56,57,"Chile","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country57=57,58,"Colombia","G","9FG","90EFG"
  Country58=58,590,"Venezuela","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country590=590,5901,"Guadeloupe","G","","19,EFG"
  Country5901=590,591,"French Antilles","G","","19,EFG"
  Country591=591,592,"Bolivia","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country592=592,593,"Guyana","G","0FG","001EFG"
  Country593=593,594,"Ecuador","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country594=594,595,"French Guiana","G","","19,EFG"
  Country595=595,596,"Paraguay","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country596=596,597,"Martinique","G","","19,EFG"
  Country597=597,598,"Suriname","G","","00EFG"
  Country598=598,599,"Uruguay","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country599=599,60,"Netherlands Antilles","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country60=60,61,"Malaysia","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country61=61,6101,"Australia","G","0FG","0011EFG"
  Country6101=61,62,"Cocos-Keeling Islands","G"," 0FG","00EFG"
  Country62=62,63,"Indonesia","G","0FG","001EFG"
  Country63=63,64,"Philippines","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country64=64,65,"New Zealand","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country65=65,66,"Singapore","G","","001EFG"
  Country66=66,670,"Thailand","G","0FG","001EFG"
  Country670=670,6701,"Saipan Island","G"," 1FG","011EFG"
  Country6701=670,6702,"Rota Island","G"," 1FG","011EFG"
  Country6702=670,672,"Tinian Island","G"," 1FG","011EFG"
  Country672=672,6721,"Christmas Island","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country6721=672,6722,"Australian Antarctic Territory","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country6722=672,673,"Norfolk Island","G","","0101EFG"
  Country673=673,674,"Brunei","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country674=674,675,"Nauru","G","","115EFG"
  Country675=675,676,"Papua New Guinea","G","","05EFG"
  Country676=676,677,"Tonga","G","","00EFG"
  Country677=677,678,"Solomon Islands","G","","00EFG"
  Country678=678,679,"Vanuatu","G","","00EFG"
  Country679=679,680,"Fiji Islands","G","","05EFG"
  Country680=680,681,"Palau","G","","00EFG"
  Country681=681,682,"Wallis and Futuna Islands","G","","19,EFG"
  Country682=682,683,"Cook Islands","G","","00EFG"
  Country683=683,684,"Niue","G","","00EFG"
  Country684=684,685,"American Samoa","G","","00EFG"
  Country685=685,686,"Samoa","G","","0EFG"
  Country686=686,687,"Kiribati Republic","G","","00EFG"
  Country687=687,688,"New Caledonia","G","","00EFG"
  Country688=688,689,"Tuvalu","G","","00EFG"
  Country689=689,690,"French Polynesia","G","","00EFG"
  Country690=690,691,"Tokelau","G","","00EFG"
  Country691=691,692,"Micronesia, Federated States of","G","","011EFG"
  Country692=692,7,"Marshall Islands","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country7=7,705,"Russia","G"," 8WFG","8W10EFG"
  Country705=7,706,"Kazakhstan","G"," 8WFG","8W10EFG"
  Country706=7,708,"Kyrgyz Republic","G"," 8WFG","00EFG"
  Country708=7,711,"Tajikistan","G"," 8WFG","8W10EFG"
  Country711=7,800,"Uzbekistan","G"," 8WFG","8W10EFG"
  Country800=800,81,"International Freephone Service","",",""
  Country81=81,82,"Japan","G","0FG","001EFG"
  Country82=82,84,"Korea (Republic of)","G","0FG","001EFG"
  Country84=84,850,"Vietnam","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country850=850,852,"Korea (North)","G","","00EFG"
  Country852=852,853,"Hong Kong SAR","G","","001EFG"
  Country853=853,855,"Macau SAR","G","","00EFG"
  Country855=855,856,"Cambodia","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country856=856,86,"Laos","G","","14EFG"
  Country86=86,870,"China","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country870=870,871,"INMARSAT","00EFG#","00EFG#","00EFG#"
  Country871=871,872,"INMARSAT (Atlantic-East)","00EFG#","00EFG#",
   "00EFG#"
  Country872=872,873,"INMARSAT (Pacific)","00EFG#","00EFG#","00EFG#"
  Country873=873,874,"INMARSAT (Indian)","00EFG#","00EFG#","00EFG#"
  Country874=874,880,"INMARSAT (Atlantic-West)","00EFG#","00EFG#",
   "00EFG#"
  Country880=880,886,"Bangladesh","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country886=886,90,"Taiwan","G","0FG","002EFG"
  Country90=90,91,"Turkey","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country91=91,92,"India","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country92=92,93,"Pakistan","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country93=93,94,"Afghanistan","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country94=94,95,"Sri Lanka","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country95=95,960,"Myanmar","G","","0EFG"
  Country960=960,961,"Maldives","G","","00EFG"
  Country961=961,962,"Lebanon","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country962=962,963,"Jordan","G","FG","00EFG"
  Country963=963,964,"Syria","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country964=964,965,"Iraq","G","FG","00EFG"
  Country965=965,966,"Kuwait","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country966=966,967,"Saudi Arabia","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country967=967,968,"Yemen","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country968=968,971,"Oman","G","","00EFG"
  Country971=971,972,"United Arab Emirates","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country972=972,973,"Israel","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country973=973,974,"Bahrain","G","","0EFG"
  Country974=974,975,"Qatar","G","","0EFG"
  Country975=975,976,"Bhutan","G","","00EFG"
  Country976=976,977,"Mongolia","G","0FG","00EFG"
  Country977=977,98,"Nepal","G","","00EFG"
  Country 98=98,993,"Iran","G","FG","00EFG"
  Country993=993,994,"Turkmenistan","G"," 8WFG","8W10EFG"
  Country994=994,995,"Azerbaijan","G"," 8WFG","8W10EFG"
  Country995=995,0,"Georgia","G"," 8WFG","8W10EFG"

NOTE: Toll-free calls use a "98 <XXXX>" (without the quotation marks)
format, where <XXXX> is any four digits.

For information about changing the international access codes in Windows or
Windows for Workgroups 3.1 or 3.11, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q155887 How to Change International Dialing Access Codes

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