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Windows 2019 – How to add language pack?

02 Jan 2019 pl

Today I've been setting up a new server on Windows 2019. By default, I install Windows with English version even if Client works in their language such as German, Polish or Swedish. While some people install Windows in a language they desire to work with, years of experience taught me that installing English and then adding Language Pack is the best way to go. All errors, windows events, and general troubleshooting is much easier if those are in the native English language. Each version of Windows made it easier to install the language pack and have that up and running in no time. In Windows 2019 it's even more comfortable… or is it?

Menu Start w Windows Server 2019 z wyszukiwaniem ustawien jezyka.

It's as easy as pressing Start, typing in language and using Change the language that Windows features appear in.

Ustawienia jezyka w Windows z sekcja Preferred languages i opcja Add a language.

You get a list of languages where you can just press** Add a language**, chose language you want and it should appear under Preferred languages.

Opcje dodanego jezyka w Windows Server 2019.

Now you press Options, a new page appears where you simply press Download and… nothing happens. So much for an easy way to implement a new language.

Strona opcji jezyka w Windows Server 2019, na ktorej przycisk Download nie instaluje pakietu jezykowego.

💡 Workaround – Installing language pack Windows 2019

It seems that when Desktop Experience for Windows 2019 is enabled this option is not available (for now at least). Fortunately there's an old way of doing it.

💡 Download language pack ISO for Windows 2019

Eksplorator plikow pokazujacy pobrany plik ISO z pakietami jezykowymi Windows Server 2019.

💡 Mount the ISO file, so that it shows up as** DVD drive**

Zamontowany obraz ISO z pakietami jezykowymi widoczny jako naped DVD w Eksploratorze plikow.

💡 Explore drive, go into** :\x64\langpacks** and copy required language packs to a different folder. If you don't do that it will take Windows a lot more time to install even a single language pack.

$Folder x64\\langpacks na zamontowanym obrazie ISO z plikami CAB pakietow jezykowych.$

💡 Open Start Menu, and type **lpksetup.exe **which should open Install or Uninstall display languages wizard.

Wyszukiwanie lpksetup.exe w menu Start systemu Windows Server 2019.

💡 Open Start Menu, and type **lpksetup.exe **which should open Install or Uninstall display languages wizard.

Kreator Install or Uninstall display languages uruchomiony przez lpksetup.exe.

💡 Point it to the directory where the language pack resides

Okno wyboru folderu w kreatorze instalacji jezyka wskazujace skopiowany katalog z pakietem jezykowym.

💡 Point it to the directory where the language pack resides

Kreator instalacji jezyka z wybranym pakietem gotowym do instalacji.

💡 Accept the license terms and press Next

Ekran akceptacji warunkow licencji w kreatorze instalacji jezyka Windows.

💡 After it's done, when you visit language options again everything appears to be in order.

Ustawienia jezyka po instalacji pokazujace dodany jezyk wyswietlania w Windows Server 2019.

Hopefully, Microsoft will fix this sooner rather than later.

💡 Workaround – Installing language pack Windows 2019

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