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## Set language and Skin (falls back to DEFAULT and english)
try:
  fh = open("Q:\\UserData\\guisettings.xml")
  for line in fh.readlines():
    theLine = line.lower()
    theLine = theLine.strip()
    if theLine.count("<language>") > 0:
      XBMC_LANGUAGE = theLine[10:-11]
    if theLine.count("<skin>") > 0:
      XBMC_SKIN = theLine[6:-7]
finaly:
  fh.close()
except IOError:
  pass
if XBMC_SKIN != "mc360" and XBMC_SKIN != "project mayhem iii":
	XBMC_SKIN = "default"
if XBMC_LANGUAGE != "swedish" and XBMC_LANGUAGE != "english" and XBMC_LANGUAGE != "german":
	XBMC_LANGUAGE = "english"

## translation, NOTE! another way of doing this ? (since I am no python guru..)