Overview
M-Files Server (mfserver.exe) runs on the SYSTEM account by default. Therefore, the OS localization settings for the SYSTEM user can affect some M-Files related matters, like the PDF preview formatting: These settings have effect to the PDF preview file that M-Files Server creates.
If the administrator opens the regional settings on the M-Files Server computer, the settings are not the ones that M-Files Server (SYSTEM user) uses but they are the current Windows user's settings instead.
Solution
An administrator can open a Command Prompt as the SYSTEM user, verify the new identity by running command "whoami" and run the following command after that to open the Regional Settings configuration window.
To do that, you will need the PsExec tool found in Windows Sysinternals tools. Check the Support article below for more detailed information concerning opening the Command Prompt as the SYSTEM user:
Opening CMD as Local System Account
Here is the command to run from the prompt to see the regional settings:
intl.cpl
