Windows 10 1909 - Language pack issues

Question

Hi!

We are trying to set up a second language on our Windows 10 machines (1909 version).

Native one is spanish and want to set up en-US.

We install the language pack with "dism /online /add-package /packagepath" for the .cab and "add-appxpackage" for the .appx one.

After that, the language pack not shows in "Windows dislpay language" list.

Add it to the list with :

"$A=Get-WinUserLanguageList"
"$A.Add("en-US")"
"Set-WinUserLanguageList
$A
-force"

After that, i can select English in the language list, but after logoff/logon, only things like date are changed, but display language still spanish no matter what i try.

Is a known issue for that 1909 version?

Thanks!

Thread source: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/45e2858e-e7aa-4b34-9cf9-6490cf86bc2d/windows-10-1909-language-pack-issues?forum=win10itprogeneral

Answer 1

Hi,

This is a known issue in Windows 10, version 1803 and later versions. Since 1803, a background cleanup task will remove language packs if they are not actively used.

Please set the BlockCleanupOfUnusedPreinstalledLangPacks Group Policy Object to Yes, after you install the language pack.

This policy setting controls whether the LPRemove task will run to clean up language packs installed on a machine but are not used by any users on that machine.

Registry Hive HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\International
Value Name BlockCleanupOfUnusedPreinstalledLangPacks
Value Type REG_DWORD
Enabled Value 1
Disabled Value 0

Note: Make sure that you back up the registry before you modify it.

Hope above information can help you.

Best regards,
Sylvia