Windows 10: See Default System Language of Windows 10

How to: See System Default UI Language of Windows 10

How to See System Default UI Language of Windows 10


The system default UI language is the language of the localized version used to set up Windows during installation. All menus, dialog boxes, error messages, and help files are represented in this language, except when the user selects a different language.

The display language) is installed on the computer.

This tutorial will show you how to see the system default UI language for the installed language of Windows 10.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: To See System Default UI Language of Windows 10 in PowerShell
• Option Two: To See System Default UI Language of Windows 10 in Command Prompt
• Option Three: To See System Default and Installed Language of Windows 10 in Registry Editor

OPTION ONE [/i] To See System Default UI Language of Windows 10 in PowerShell
1. Open PowerShell.

2. Copy and paste the command below you want to use into PowerShell, and press Enter. (see screenshotd below)

(Basic)
*Arrow Get-Culture

OR

(Detailed)
*Arrow Get-Culture | Format-List -Property *












OPTION TWO [/i] To See System Default UI Language of Windows 10 in Command Prompt
1. Open an elevated command prompt.

2. Copy and paste the command below into the command prompt, and press Enter.
*Arrow dism /online /get-intl









OPTION THREE [/i] To See System Default and Installed Language of Windows 10 in Registry Editor
1. Press the Win+R keys to open Run, type regedit, and click/tap on OK to open Registry Editor.

2. In Registry Editor, browse to the key location below. (see screenshot below)
*Arrow HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\Language
3. In the right pane of the Language key, look at the value data (ex: 0409) of the Default and InstalledLanguage string value keys. (see screenshot below)

*note Default = Indicates the system default locale . The value of this entry indicates that locale 0409 (U.S. English) is used when no other language is specified.

InstalledLanguage = Indicates the installed language.

The value data (ex: 0409) represents the LCID ("Locale ID" or "Language ID"). You can look up the LCID in the table at Microsoft below to what locale/language you have.

*Arrow Locale IDs Assigned by Microsoft





That's it,
Shawn


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Dell OEM English ISO， can i install with windows 10 Chinese ISO and active it?

See
http://www.windowscentral.com/how-properly-change-system-default-language-windows-10

 

How do I keep "English-International" as my DEFAULT keyboard entry preference in Windows 10?

Hello Shari,

We realize your concern in this regard.

Usually, by making a language as a default under Region and language will set it as a default. I mean going to
Start > Settings > Time and language > Region and language and clicking
Set a default for a language make it as default system language. Doing this will make a language as a default one and it won't get changed even after restarting your computer.

I guess there might be some problem with the User Profile causing this behavior. Suggest you to check this issue by setting up another User Profile to see if it makes any difference.
Refer the article Set up accounts on Windows 10.
Once you set up another User Profile, check and see if the same thing happens there.

Let us know how it went.

 

Hello Scott, *Smile

You could change the display language of Windows 10 using the method in the tutorial below.

Language - Add, Remove, and Change in Windows 10

 

Thank you Shawn, very much. I believe the following comments will save at least some readers a large amount of time:

1. If one is trying to change the System Default UI language (and not the displayed language of an individual user), then the relevant tutorial is not the one you cite above, but is instead: [url='https://www.windowsphoneinfo.com/threads/region-and-language-settings-copy-in-windows-10.6819/[/url] (How to Copy Region and Language Settings to Welcome Screen and New User Accounts in Windows 10)

2. If you're like me, you don't want to really change the default system UI language at all. Your problem is that you have in your hand an upgrade .iso, but the upgrade won't allow you to preserve apps setting and files because the 'edition' of the iso isn't the 'same' edition as your current installed Windows. And logic tells you this can't be the real reason you can't preserve files apps and settings, because OF COURSE the .iso is of a different edition -- that's why you using it at all, to UPGRADE.
The shameful truth is that it is the system default UI language which is likely to be different between the .iso and your installed Windows. None of the other language settings seem to matter, although YMMV. Rather than go through the rather delicate procedure in the tutorial just cited, i found that indeed if I just change the value of the "default" key of this tutorial, changing to the correct, desired, LCID (i.e. the one matching the upgrade .iso), then the command dism /online /get-intl reports the system default UI Language to be immediately changed. So you can proceed with the upgrade, and --miracle of miracles -- you can keep files apps and settings.

When the upgrade completes, it is probably safer to restore the registry value using he control panel Region settings in the tutorial mentioned in the previous paragraph. However you choose to do it, making the default system UI language agree between the current installation and the upgrade media was absolutely critical to keeping my apps settings and files.

 

Hi Shawn,

First of all allow me to send my warmest wishes for a very Happy Easter, to you and your loved ones!!!

I seem to have a PowerShell culture problem. Let me be more detailed:

1. Installed language: en-us = English (United States)





2. Locale (Region): en-150 = English (Europe)





3. PowerShell shows culture en-us and subsequently date format M/d/yyyy whereas,
Powershell ISE, shows culture en-150 and subsequently date format dd/MM/yyyy (which is the preferred for me)









Any idea? How can I change the PowerShell to the en-150 culture? If I run the command Set-Culture en-150, nothing happens.

 

Hello Dimitri, and Happy Easter to you as well. *Smile

That is a bit odd.

Have you already tried changing the "Format" in "Region" CP to something else, apply, change it back to "English (Europe)", and apply to see if that may help?

 

Yes I had tried that, but did again, with no success.

I was running some commands in PowerShell and I noticed the following:





The en-150 "English (Europe)" is a UserCustomCulture and is neither InstalledWin32Culture nor FrameworkCulture. Maybe PowerShell can only set "InstalledWin32Cultures" and/or "FrameworkCultures".

Now how come by running the same command ("Get-Culture"), the PowerShell ISE reports as current culture the correct en-150, whereas PowerShell reports en-us, I have no clue!

 

Strange conflicting settings. *Confused

What does it show for you in the registry key below? This is for the current user setting.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International

 

Well, at least that helps to confirm your account is set to en-150. *Confused