Copy-UserInternationalSettingsToSystem
Copies the current user's international settings (Windows Display language, Input language, Regional Format/locale, and Location/GeoID) to one or both of the following:
- Welcome screen and system accounts
- New user accounts
Important: Note that this PowerShell cmdlet is only available for Windows 11 and later.
This is a system setting. It can only be changed by a user who has Administrator permissions. Changes take effect after the computer is restarted.
Syntax
Default (Default)
Copy-UserInternationalSettingsToSystem
[-WelcomeScreen <Boolean>]
[-NewUser <Boolean>]
[<CommonParameters>]
Description
The Copy-UserInternationalSettingsToSystem cmdlet gets the international settings from the current user. You can decide whether to copy these settings into the Welcome screen and system accounts, the New user accounts, or both.
This cmdlet takes two parameters: -WelcomeScreen and -NewUser.
When any of the parameters is set to $True, this cmdlet gets the current values from the current user and copies them to the system settings for the selected options based on the parameters that were set to $True.
Examples
Example 1: Copy settings into both the Welcome screen and system accounts, and new user accounts
PS C:\> Copy-UserInternationalSettingsToSystem -WelcomeScreen $True -NewUser $True
This example copies the Windows Display language, Input language, Regional Format/locale, and Location/GeoID into both the Welcome screen and system accounts, and new user accounts.
Example 2: Copy the settings into only the Welcome screen and system accounts
PS C:\> Copy-UserInternationalSettingsToSystem -WelcomeScreen $True -NewUser $False
This example copies the Windows Display language, Input language, Format/locale, and Regional Location/GeoID to the Welcome screen and system accounts only.
Parameters
-NewUser
Copies the settings into the new user accounts.
Parameter properties
| Type: | Boolean |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | Named |
| Mandatory: | True |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-WelcomeScreen
Copies the settings into the Welcome screen and system accounts.
Parameter properties
| Type: | Boolean |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | Named |
| Mandatory: | True |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
CommonParameters
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.