Problem-Installed Language won't uninstall properly in Windows 10 FCU

Friday, 12.08.2017

Try this.

In Powershell ISE (admin mode), run the cmd lines bellow. If necessary, replace en-US by the one you want to keep:

1. See which language packs are instaled:

Code:

Get-WinUserLanguageList

2. Removes them all except en-US:

Code:

Set-WinUserLanguageList en-US -Force

Good luck,

Thanks MikeMacanic!

This is what it shows now but I haven't rebooted yet after doing that registry delete mentioned earlier so will try again if it shows up again.

Try to overwrite en-US by adding another language, let say en-UK. That would tell if you have corrupted files.

Set-WinUserLanguageList en-UK -Force

Then reinstall en-US and set it back to default.

Set-WinUserLanguageList en-US -Force

All the best,

Thanks MIkeMecanic as always, this is what happens:

I was able to reproduce the exact same error: -2147024809

Got it now!

When installing English UK, the Get cmd line shows en-GB. See below

Code:

PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-WinUserLanguageList
LanguageTag     : en-US
Autonym         : English (United States)
EnglishName     : English
LocalizedName   : English (United States)
ScriptName      : Latin script
InputMethodTips : {0409:00000409}
Spellchecking   : True
Handwriting     : False

LanguageTag     : en-US
Autonym         : English (United States)
EnglishName     : English
LocalizedName   : English (United States)
ScriptName      : Latin script
InputMethodTips : {0409:00000409}
Spellchecking   : True
Handwriting     : False

LanguageTag     : en-GB
Autonym         : English (United Kingdom)
EnglishName     : English
LocalizedName   : English (United Kingdom)
ScriptName      : Latin script
InputMethodTips : {0809:00000809}
Spellchecking   : True
Handwriting     : False

ERROR YOUR GETTING
PS C:\Windows\system32> Set-WinUserLanguageList en-UK -force
Set-WinUserLanguageList : Exception of type 'System.Exception' was thrown.
At line:1 char:1
+ Set-WinUserLanguageList en-UK -force
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidResult: (:) [Set-WinUserLanguageList], Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : -2147024809 = Error name,Microsoft.InternationalSettings.Commands.SetWinUserLanguageListCommand
 
PS C:\Windows\system32> Set-WinUserLanguageList en-GB -force
PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-WinUserLanguageList
LanguageTag     : en-GB
Autonym         : English (United Kingdom)
EnglishName     : English
LocalizedName   : English (United Kingdom)
ScriptName      : Latin script
InputMethodTips : {0809:00000809}
Spellchecking   : True
Handwriting     : False
ADDING KEYBOARD LAYOUTS IN UI
PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-WinUserLanguageList

LanguageTag     : en-US
Autonym         : English (United States)
EnglishName     : English
LocalizedName   : English (United States)
ScriptName      : Latin script
InputMethodTips : {}
Spellchecking   : True
Handwriting     : False

LanguageTag     : en-GB
Autonym         : English (United Kingdom)
EnglishName     : English
LocalizedName   : English (United Kingdom)
ScriptName      : Latin script
InputMethodTips : {0809:00000809}
Spellchecking   : True
Handwriting     : False

LanguageTag     : el
Autonym         : Ελληνικά
EnglishName     : Modern Greek (1453-)
LocalizedName   : Greek
ScriptName      : Greek
InputMethodTips : {0408:00000408}
Spellchecking   : True
Handwriting     : False

LanguageTag     : zh-Hans-CN
Autonym         : 中文(中华人民共和国)
EnglishName     : Chinese
LocalizedName   : Chinese (Simplified, China)
ScriptName      : Chinese (Simplified)
InputMethodTips : {0804:{81D4E9C9-1D3B-41BC-9E6C-4B40BF79E35E}{FA550B04-5AD7-411F-A5AC-CA038EC515D7}}
Spellchecking   : True
Handwriting     : True

LanguageTag     : zh-Hant-HK
Autonym         : 中文(香港特別行政區)
EnglishName     : Chinese
LocalizedName   : Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR)
ScriptName      : Chinese (Traditional)
InputMethodTips : {0404:{531FDEBF-9B4C-4A43-A2AA-960E8FCDC732}{6024B45F-5C54-11D4-B921-0080C882687E}}
Spellchecking   : True
Handwriting     : True

LanguageTag     : et
Autonym         : eesti
EnglishName     : Estonian
LocalizedName   : Estonian
ScriptName      : Latin script
InputMethodTips : {0425:00000425}
Spellchecking   : True
Handwriting     : False

LanguageTag     : moh-Latn
Autonym         : Kanien’kéha
EnglishName     : Mohawk
LocalizedName   : Mohawk
ScriptName      : Latin script
InputMethodTips : {047C:00000409}
Spellchecking   : True
Handwriting     : False

OUNCE A LANGUAGE PACK IS ONBOARD, IT CAN BE SET BACK TO DEFAULT IN POWERSHELL:

PS C:\Windows\system32> Set-WinUserLanguageList en-US -force
PS C:\Windows\system32> Set-WinUserLanguageList zh-Hans-CN -force
PS C:\Windows\system32> Set-WinUserLanguageList moh-Latn -force
PS C:\Windows\system32> Set-WinUserLanguageList el -force
PS C:\Windows\system32> Set-WinUserLanguageList zh-Hant-HK  -force
PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-WinUserLanguageList

LanguageTag     : zh-Hant-HK
Autonym         : 中文(香港特別行政區)
EnglishName     : Chinese
LocalizedName   : Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR)
ScriptName      : Chinese (Traditional)
InputMethodTips : {0404:{531FDEBF-9B4C-4A43-A2AA-960E8FCDC732}{6024B45F-5C54-11D4-B921-0080C882687E}}
Spellchecking   : True
Handwriting     : True

PS C:\Windows\system32> Set-WinUserLanguageList en-US -force
PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-WinUserLanguageList
LanguageTag     : en-US
Autonym         : English (United States)
EnglishName     : English
LocalizedName   : English (United States)
ScriptName      : Latin script
InputMethodTips : {0409:00000409}
Spellchecking   : True
Handwriting     : False

Regards,

Happy New Year with many best wishes MikeMecanic and everyone!

Thanks for your solution, now I have a question... Is there a reason Get-WinUserLanguageList would show two en-US entries?

Probably the reason English-UK is called English-GB is because UK doesn't really have a kingdom anymore and they rather be known as Great Britain.