Change Display Language in Windows 10

Paul Black · 16 Jun 2021

Hello @Brink

,

I setup this to change Display Language from en-US to en-GB . . .

Code:


@echo off
PowerShell Set-Culture en-GB
PowerShell Set-WinSystemLocale en-GB
PowerShell Set-WinHomeLocation -GeoId 242
PowerShell Set-WinUserLanguageList en-GB -Force
pause

The result is . . .

Code:

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PS C:\Windows\System32> DISM /online /Get-Intl

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.18362.1

Image Version: 10.0.18363.418

Reporting online international settings.

Default system UI language : en-US <---------
System locale : en-GB
Default time zone : GMT Standard Time
Active keyboard(s) : 0809:00000809, 0409:00000809
Keyboard layered driver : PC/AT Enhanced Keyboard (101/102-Key)

Installed language(s): en-US <---------
  Type : Fully localized language.

The operation completed successfully.

Why have I still got en-US entries please.

Brink · 16 Jun 2021

Hello @Paul Black,

Interesting. What does it show as your system UI language below?

Change System UI Language in Windows 10

Paul Black · 16 Jun 2021

Thanks for the reply, it is appreciated.

Here is the information . . .

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Brink · 16 Jun 2021

@Paul Black,

It looks like you have a few more to change to en-GB.

Paul Black · 16 Jun 2021

I managed to change the Default System UI Language: using . . .

Code:


Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\Language]
; "InstallLanguage"="0409"
"InstallLanguage"="0809"
"Default"="0809"

Code:


PS C:\Windows\System32> DISM /online /Get-Intl

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.18362.1

Image Version: 10.0.18363.418

Reporting online international settings.

Default system UI language : en-GB
System locale : en-GB
Default time zone : GMT Standard Time
Active keyboard(s) : 0809:00000809, 0409:00000809
Keyboard layered driver : PC/AT Enhanced Keyboard (101/102-Key)

Installed language(s): en-US
  Type : Fully localized language.

The operation completed successfully.

. . . but I can't find where to change the Windows Display Language as per . . .

. . . even when the Preferred Language is already set to English (United Kingdom).

Brink · 16 Jun 2021

Paul Black said:

I managed to change the Default System UI Language: using . . .

. . . but I can't find where to change the Windows Display Language as per . . .

. . . even when the Preferred Language is already set to English (United Kingdom).

Just to verify, did you restart the computer after making the changes to fully apply?

Are you able to manually change the display language to en-GB in Settings?

Paul Black · 16 Jun 2021

Brink said:

Just to verify, did you restart the computer after making the changes to fully apply?

Are you able to manually change the display language to en-GB in Settings?

[1] Yes, I did.
[2] No.

Thanks.

Brink · 16 Jun 2021

Paul Black said:

[1] Yes, I did.
[2] No.

Thanks.

Odd. No en-GB in the Windows Display Language drop menu?

Did you install the en-GB language pack to have it available for a display language?

Add a Language in Windows 10

Paul Black · 16 Jun 2021

I downloaded the en-US Pack and Removed en-UK Pack.
I signed-out and back in and then downloaded the en-UK Pack [ I checked the Set as my Display Language box ].
I signed-out and back in and the en-UK Pack was still NOT available in the drop-down.

NOT to worry, I can live with it.

Thanks for your time and help, it is very much appreciated.

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Arabic (Saudi Arabia)	ar-SA
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Assamese (India)	as-IN
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Bulgarian (Bulgaria)	bg-BG
Catalan	ca-ES
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Hindi (India)	hi-IN
Hungarian (Hungary)	hu-HU
Icelandic (Iceland)	is-IS
Igbo (Nigeria)	ig-NG
Indonesian (Indonesia)	id-ID
Irish (Ireland)	ga-IE
isiXhosa (South Africa)	xh-ZA
isiZulu (South Africa)	zu-ZA
Italian (Italy)	it-IT
Japanese (Japan)	ja-JP
Kannada (India)	kn-IN
Kazakh (Kazakhstan)	kk-KZ
Khmer (Cambodia)	km-KH
K'iche' (Guatemala)	quc-Latn-GT
Kinyarwanda	rw-RW
Kiswahili (Kenya)	sw-KE
Konkani (India)	kok-IN
Korean (Korea)	ko-KR
Kyrgyz (Kyrgyzstan)	ky-KG
Lao (Laos)	lo-LA
Latvian (Latvia)	lv-LV
Lithuanian (Lithuania)	lt-LT
Luxembourgish (Luxembourg)	lb-LU
Macedonian (FYROM)	mk-MK
Malay (Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore)	ms-MY
Malayalam (India)	ml-IN
Maltese (Malta)	mt-MT
Maori (New Zealand)	mi-NZ
Marathi (India)	mr-IN
Mongolian (Cyrillic)	mn-MN
Nepali (Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal)	ne-NP
Norwegian, Bokmål (Norway)	nb-NO
Norwegian, Nynorsk (Norway)	nn-NO
Odia (India)	or-IN
Persian	fa-IR
Polish (Poland)	pl-PL
Portuguese (Brazil)	pt-BR
Portuguese (Portugal)	pt-PT
Punjabi (India)	pa-IN
Punjabi (Arabic)	pa-Arab-PK
Quechua (Peru)	quz-PE
Romanian (Romania)	ro-RO
Russian (Russia)	ru-RU
Scottish Gaelic	gd-GB
Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia and Herzegovina)	sr-Cyrl-BA
Serbian (Cyrillic, Serbia)	sr-Cyrl-RS
Serbian (Latin, Serbia)	sr-Latn-RS
Serbian (Latin, Serbia)	sr-Latn-RS
Sesotho sa Leboa (South Africa)	nso-ZA
Setswana (South Africa)	tn-ZA
Sindhi (Arabic)	sd-Arab-PK
Sinhala (Sri Lanka)	si-LK
Slovak (Slovakia)	sk-SK
Slovenian (Slovenia)	sl-SI
Spanish (Mexico)	es-MX
Spanish (Spain)	es-ES
Swedish (Sweden)	sv-SE
Tajik (Cyrillic)	tg-Cyrl-TJ
Tamil (India)	ta-IN
Tatar (Russia)	tt-RU
Telugu (India)	te-IN
Thai (Thailand)	th-TH
Tigrinya	ti-ET
Turkish (Turkey)	tr-TR
Turkmen	tk-TM
Urdu	ur-PK
Ukrainian (Ukraine)	uk-UA
Uyghur	ug-CN
Uzbek (Latin)	uz-Latn-UZ
Valencian	ca-ES-valencia
Vietnamese	vi-VN
Welsh (Great Britain)	cy-GB
Wolof	wo-SN
Yoruba (Nigeria)	yo-NG

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