so I purchased a laptop from Lenovo windows 11, when i was setting up, i selected region as "UNITED STATES" instead of "India"

Question

so I purchased a laptop from Lenovo windows 11, when i was setting up, i selected region as "UNITED STATES" instead of "India"

Answer 1

If you selected the region as "United States" during the setup of your Windows 11 laptop, you can change the region to "India" later. To do this, go to Settings > Time & language > Language & region. Here, you can adjust your country or region setting to reflect India, which will help customize the content and settings according to your preferences.

Additionally, if you want to ensure that your applications and Windows interface reflect the change, you may also want to check the Windows display language and Preferred languages settings in the same menu.

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Answer 2

Hello vaidi koli, welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

Have you tried the AI answer? Does it work?

Actually, there are two types of region settings in Windows 11:

Regional format: Mostly cosmetic, affects display formats like date/time format, currency symbol, keyboard layout. The AI answer covers this - you can change it in Settings > Time & language > Region.

Device setup/OOBE region: System-level setting that sets your Store region, determines which apps are available in Microsoft Store, and affects default content/services for your region.

If by "region" you mean this (the one you selected during laptop first setup), you'll need to change it this way:

Option A - Registry Edit:

• Press Win+R > type regedit > Enter

• Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\Geo

• Delete the Nation key

• Restart PC

Option B - Clean Reinstall (most reliable):

Reset Windows (Settings > System > Recovery > Reset this PC), selecting India during initial setup.

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