Windows 10: Change OSLanguage from EN-US to EN-GB

Hi there,We have some machines on our estate that where imaged using the wrong OSLanguage, these where issued as EN-US instead of EN-GB, in the grand scheme of things its not a huge problem for us as we have changed the default keyboard layout to EN-GB but does anyone know if it is possible to change the Default OSLanguage from EN-US to EN-GB using Group Policy, Powershell Script or SCCM.We have about 800 devices that this will need correcting on.ThanksChris

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Difference between en, en-gb and uk editions v1903

Never seen a UK-only version before. Strictly speaking, the en-gb version is not a solely UK version, it is officially called 'English International'.

 

Difference between en, en-gb and uk editions v1903

10972d3072ee715a6c8e2001754220c9147ef78ben-gb_windows_10_consumer_editions_version_1903_x64_dvd_44ca01a6.iso344ca92459c23663d5f857c72a7c030f85f 19be8en_windows_10_consumer_editions_version_1903_x64_dvd_b980e68c.iso03e1ccc463eb59439988a09057998e 5c87d4ab54uk_windows_10_consumer_editions_version_1903_x64_dvd_e1022cf0.iso

en-gb is british english and en american english but its the first time i've seen a uk edition. how does this differ from en-gb?

 

Difference between en-US and en-GB versions

The original Installed Language does matter (God knows why).

If you Upgrade or In-place Upgrade (Repair Install) with the wrong language, you may be informed you can't Keep Files, settings and Apps.

Files only or Nothing (Clean Install)


You can check which language is your original in Registry entry (Win+R regedit )

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\Language\InstallLanguage

The Hex language codes are listed here https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/221435

So Dutch is 413 / 0413 (Hex)
German 0407
US English 0409
UK English 0809
etc etc

Download and keep the correct iso for your system. eg

MS Media Creation Tool (W8.1)

MS Media Creation Tool (W10)