Batch file to change Language in Windows 10

Question

I have been working on a .bat file to change a few language/country entries in the Registry.
however, I can't seem to find the solution.
I am looking to change the below

• add English/Australian to the preferred languages
• change Apps and Websites to use English/Australian
• Change the country/region to Australia

I have basically gone through the registry and listed every language/country entry I can find hoping to find a fix

Any help is greatly apreciated

REG ADD "HKCU\Control Panel\International/User Profile" /t REG_MULTI_SZ /v Languages /d "en-AU" /f  
REG ADD "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\MuiCached" /t REG_MULTI_SZ /v MachinePreferredUILanguages /d "en-AU" /f  
REG ADD "HKCU\Control Panel\International" /t REG_SZ /v sLanguage /d "ENA" /f  
  
REG ADD "HKCU\Control Panel\International" /t REG_SZ /v iCountry /d "61" /f  
REG ADD "HKCU\Control Panel\International" /t REG_SZ /v sCountry /d "Australia" /f  
  
REG ADD "HKCU\Computer\Control Panel\International\Geo" /t REG_SZ /v Name /d "AU" /f  
REG ADD "HKCU\Computer\Control Panel\International\Geo" /t REG_SZ /v Nation /d "12" /f  
  
REG ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\User Profile System Backup" /t REG_MULTI_SZ /v "en-AU" /f  

Answer 1

Powershell would be:

Change Display language

Set-WinSystemLocale en-AU
Set-WinUserLanguageList en-AU -Force

Change country (12 is de GeoID for Australia)

Set-WinHomeLocation -GeoID 12

restarts the computer

Shutdown /r

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Answer 2

Hello,

It seems that you are doing the proper changes, but that doesn't install the languages. You will still need to download and install the Language Pack in order for the changes to apply.

Ideally in a domain environment, you could download the Language Pack and store it in a shared drive, and then you can add the next command line to install that language pack during the batch run:

lpksetup /i /p "<path to .cab file>"

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