Change language menu recovery Windows 11 IoT LTSC 24H2

Question

Good morning, I need help to change the language of the Windows recovery environment to Mexican Spanish. I want to install Windows 11 IoT LTSC due to its extended support for computers that sometimes require using said recovery environment. Windows 11 IoT was installed by downloading the ISO from the Microsoft website during its 90-day trial period but it is in English. Everything else about Windows 11 IoT was configured and is now in Mexican Spanish but not said recovery menu. Some options have been tested on the internet such as:

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bcdedit /set {current} locale en-US

bcdedit /set {bootmgr} locale en-US

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Try to modify the system winre.win file with a normal Windows 11 24H2 ISO image, extracting its winre.win which should be in Spanish and using reagentc /setreimage /path C:\windows\system32\recovery , reagentc /enable

I don't know if there are any other alternatives to try to solve this, I appreciate the help.

Answer 1

Hello IdeDx,

Thank you for posting in Q&A forum.

To change the language of the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) to Mexican Spanish, you can follow these steps:

1. Ensure you have the Spanish language pack installed on your system. You can download it from the Microsoft website.
2. Extract the winre.wim file from a Windows 11 ISO that includes the Spanish language pack. Copy the extracted winre.wim file to a location on your computer.
3. Open Command Prompt as an administrator. Run the following commands to set the new WinRE image:

reagentc /setreimage /path C:\path\to\new\winre.wim

reagentc /enable

4. Run the following commands to update the locale settings:

bcdedit /set {current} locale es-MX

bcdedit /set {bootmgr} locale es-MX

5. Restart your computer and boot into the recovery environment to ensure the language has been changed to Mexican Spanish.

I hope the information above is helpful.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to let us know.

Best Regards,

Daisy Zhou

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