Windows 95 - How to Change International Dialing Access Codes

Last reviewed: March 19, 1998
Article ID: Q142328

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95

SUMMARY

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.

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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,"Ivory Coast","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"
   Country243=243,244,"Zaire","G","0FG","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","9FG","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","G","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"
   Country46=46,47,"Sweden","G","0FG","009EFG"
   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","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","0FG","00EFG"
   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,"Western 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","G","","001EFG"
   Country853=853,855,"Macau","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"

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:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q155887
   TITLE     : How to Change International Dialing Access Codes

Additional query words: 95
Keywords : win95 wincomm wintapi kbenv
Version : 95
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto

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Last reviewed: March 19, 1998
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