It is not working. After rebooting Windows 11 and adding in Chinese (Simplified, Singapore), having Error code 0x800F0954
IME doesn't work stating "Simplified Chinese IME dictionaries are not ready yet" on Windows 11
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My wife is running Windows 11 Home, 22000.348.
I installed the Chinese Pinyin Keyboard, but when you switch IME to type, "Simplified Chinese IME dictionaries are not ready yet" shows up, points me to Language Settings. And it's a loop because there's no way to load the dictionary?
There seems to be discussions from the past for folks on Windows 10 having similar issues, and there was one thread that discussed copying the dictionary file from Windows.old directory. But this PC not being upgraded from Windows 10, I don't have a Windows.old directory.
Any tips on how to fix this?
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Input and language
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2022-03-29T06:34:52+00:00 -
Anonymous
2022-03-05T09:01:21+00:00 Hi Gakooligans,
Welcome to post in Microsoft Community.
I do apologize for the inconvenience that you're experiencing right now, let me help you sort things out.
According to your description, I knew that when you use the Chinese input method on win11, it shows "Simplified Chinese IME dictionaries are not ready yet", and then you are ready to copy related files from the Windows.old directory according to some prompts, but you do not have the directory. If my understanding is wrong, please correct me in the reply.
You can try to delete/re-add the language according to the following, this process will fix your problem, but will reset the original input habits and your vocabulary, please consider whether to apply this solution.
"win" logo key + "I" to open "Settings" > "Time & Language" > "Language & Region" > "Preferred Language", then click the target language, select delete (provided that the language is not your system default language), restart the computer, and add the language on the same screen.
I wish the above will be helpful to you. Please feel free to let me know how it goes, and I will do my best to help you.
Best Regards,
Clara - MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist