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description external help file Module Name ms.date online version schema title
The Install-Language cmdlet lets you add a language to a running Windows installation
Microsoft.LanguagePackManagement.Powershell.Commands.dll-Help.xml
LanguagePackManagement
08/15/2022
2.0.0
Install-Language

Install-Language

SYNOPSIS

Installs a language onto a device.

SYNTAX

Install-Language [-Language] <String> [-CopyToSettings] [-ExcludeFeatures] [-AsJob] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Downloads and installs the available language components for the specified language onto a device.

You can also change your Display Language by using the International module commands (Set-WinUILanguageOverride <lnstalled Language>)

EXAMPLES

Example 1: Add a language to a device

Install-Language ja-JP

This command adds the Japanese language to a device.

PARAMETERS

-AsJob

If specified, this parameter will execute the language installation as an async PowerShell job.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-CopyToSettings

If specified, this parameter sets the System and Default Device Settings (Windows Display Language, regional and locale formats) to the installed language following the installation.

After a language is added with this command, you have to restart the device or login again for changes to take effect. Once you log back in, you can change your Windows Display Language in Settings App to change the device UI language.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: ApplyToSettings, ApplyToInternationalSettings, CopyToInternationalSettings

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ExcludeFeatures

If specified, the associated language Features on Demand won't be installed.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Language

The bcp47 tag of the language that you're installing.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: LanguageId, LanguageTag

Required: True
Position: 0
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

System.String

OUTPUTS

Microsoft.LanguagePackManagement.Powershell.Commands.InstallLanguage+InstallLanguageJob

System.Collections.Generic.List<Microsoft.LanguagePackManagement.Powershell.Commands.InstalledLanguage>

RELATED LINKS

UninstallLanguage