{"id":8886,"date":"2017-02-16T06:01:33","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T06:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=8886"},"modified":"2017-02-16T06:07:41","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T06:07:41","slug":"2-ways-to-change-system-locale-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/2-ways-to-change-system-locale-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Ways to Change System Locale in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

The system locale allows you to use the specified language for non-Unicode programs. If your Windows system uses a default en-US locale, the Japanese text in a game won’t display correctly. In this tutorial we’ll show you how to change system locale in Windows 10, using Control Panel or Command Prompt.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong> You must log into Windows 10 as administrator to set a different system locale. Changing system locale doesn’t affect the language in menus & dialog boxes for Windows or other programs that do use Unicode.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Change System Locale in Windows 10 Using Control Panel<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Open the Control Panel<\/a> in Large icons<\/strong> view, click Region<\/strong>.\n

    \"region\"<\/li>\n

  2. In the Region dialog that opens, select the Administrative<\/strong> tab and then click Change system locale<\/strong>.\n

    \"change-system-locale\"<\/li>\n

  3. Select the desired language from the Current system locale<\/strong> drop-down list, and click OK<\/strong>.\n

    \"current-system-locale\"<\/li>\n

  4. Restart your computer for the changes to take effect.\n

    \"restart-for-new-locale\"<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Method 2: Change System Locale in Windows 10 Using Command Prompt<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. \n

      Open Notepad (or any other text editor), then copy and paste the following text into it. Replace en-US<\/strong> with the language tag for your desired system locale. To see all supported language tags in Windows, please refer to this article<\/a>.<\/p>\n

      <gs:GlobalizationServices xmlns:gs=\"urn:longhornGlobalizationUnattend\">
      \n<gs:UserList>
      \n<gs:User UserID=\"Current\" CopySettingsToDefaultUserAcct=\"true\" CopySettingsToSystemAcct=\"true\"\/>
      \n<\/gs:UserList>
      \n<!-- system locale --><gs:SystemLocale Name=\"en-US\" \/>
      \n<\/gs:GlobalizationServices><\/code><\/p>\n

      \"system-locale-settings\"<\/li>\n

    2. After editing, save the file as a .xml file. Let’s say D:\\locale.xml<\/em>.<\/li>\n
    3. Open the Command Prompt in administrator mode<\/a>. Copy and paste the following command line and press Enter.\n

      control.exe intl.cpl,, \/f:\"D:\\locale.xml\"<\/code><\/p>\n

      \"change-system-locale-cmd\"<\/li>\n

    4. Reboot your computer to apply the new system locale settings.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The system locale allows you to use the specified language for non-Unicode programs. If your Windows system uses a default en-US locale, the Japanese text in a game won’t display correctly. In this tutorial we’ll show you how to change system locale in Windows 10, using Control Panel or Command Prompt. Note: You must log […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,1894],"tags":[3268,3270,3269],"class_list":["post-8886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","tag-change-system-locale-in-windows","tag-change-system-locale-in-windows-10","tag-change-system-locale-windows-command-line"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8886"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8905,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8886\/revisions\/8905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}