Language bar reappears every so often by itself.

hdmi said:

1. Copy-paste this in a file Remove_en-US.xml :

Code:

<gs:GlobalizationServices xmlns:gs="urn:longhornGlobalizationUnattend">
    <!--User List-->
    <gs:UserList>
        <gs:User UserID="Current"/>
    </gs:UserList>
    <!--input preferences-->
    <gs:InputPreferences>
        <!--add en-US keyboard input-->
        <gs:InputLanguageID Action="add" ID="0409:00000409"/>
        <!--remove en-US keyboard input-->
        <gs:InputLanguageID Action="remove" ID="0409:00000409"/>
    </gs:InputPreferences>
</gs:GlobalizationServices>

2. Copy-paste this in a batchfile in the same folder:

Code:

control intl.cpl,, /f:"%CD%\Remove_en-US.xml"

3. Run the batchfile.

Sorry for taking so long to try this out, but yes it seems to work, but does require to not tinker with the current language (even if not applying it), otherwise the kb layout is readded. So repair install using local language iso or your trick seem to work.

I toggled the options which would normally make it reappear (the switching input method stuff) and it stays off.

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Try3 said:

I had definitely done Repair installs / In-place upgrades using en-gb ISO files / USBs before the [very confused] steps I reported before so I don't think your solution will be that simple.
I hope that Change System UI Language - TenForumsTutorials will resolve matters for you.


Best of luck,
Denis

Luckily all seems good after the in-place upgrade install now on both laptop and PC, I had to reapply the latest CU, and all seems well. The en-us language is completely removed now on both systems.

Chrysalis said:

, but does require to not tinker with the current language (even if not applying it), otherwise the kb layout is readded. So repair install using local language iso or your trick seem to work.

Yeah, if it re-appears you can simply run the batchfile again and the problem should again be fixed instantly, no reboot nor logon/logoff required. The benefit of this old trick IMO is that you can still choose to repair install to get a (hopefully) more permanent fix at a later point in time, when you have the time and patience to do so. Doing a repair install reverts some of Windows settings, and, wading through alll of them to find out which ones have been reverted can be a bit of pain. (And no use trying to keep an exhaustive list of these I would guess, as Windows Update will just render the list pretty much obsolete anyway, probably sooner than later, so...)

hdmi said:

Yeah, if it re-appears you can simply run the batchfile again and the problem should again be fixed instantly, no reboot nor logon/logoff required. The benefit of this old trick IMO is that you can still choose to repair install to get a (hopefully) more permanent fix at a later point in time, when you have the time and patience to do so. Doing a repair install reverts some of Windows settings, and, wading through alll of them to find out which ones have been reverted can be a bit of pain. (And no use trying to keep an exhaustive list of these I would guess, as Windows Update will just render the list pretty much obsolete anyway, probably sooner than later, so...)

Its in a on demand task now for convenience. Hell I could just run the task every minute as insurance.

Interestingly I did find this gem, which might give some answers as to why I suddenly started seeing this issue last few weeks.

Neno Loje's Treasury: When using Remote Desktop the keyboard layout always defaults to EN (English)

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]
"IgnoreRemoteKeyboardLayout"=dword:00000001

Seems should tame remote desktop causing havoc on the keyboard mayhem.

Chrysalis said:

Its in a on demand task now for convenience. Hell I could just run the task every minute as insurance.

Interestingly I did find this gem, which might give some answers as to why I suddenly started seeing this issue last few weeks.

Neno Loje's Treasury: When using Remote Desktop the keyboard layout always defaults to EN (English)

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]
"IgnoreRemoteKeyboardLayout"=dword:00000001

Seems should tame remote desktop causing havoc on the keyboard mayhem.

Hmmm... another classical textbook example of Mc Guyver style problem solving on Windows. I like that. lol