We know Microsoft only allows ultimate Windows 7 users to enjoy multi-language user interface. Thanks to Martin Vogel, we can install the language pack on Windows 7 professional.
- Prepare your language pack DVD, insert it in D driver, here D is your DVD drive. Locate your required language pack. For example, if we want to install German language pack, the lp.cab file will have a path of D:\langpacks\de-de\lp.cab.
- Run command window with administrator privileges. To run it as an administrator, go to "all programs - accessories", right-click "command prompt" and choose "run as administrator".
- In the command window, type the following line and press Enter (dism"space"/online"space"/add-package"space"/packagepath:d:\langpacks\de-de\lp.cab), note that the space in between:
dism /online /add-package /packagepath:d:\langpacks\de-de\lp.cab
- When a message pops up and tells you the operation is completed successfully, press "Windows key + R" to call the run window, type in regedit to run the registry editor.
- Navigate to \HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\MUI\ UILanguage\eu-us and delete the key eu-us.
- Restart your system, now your Windows 7 Professional should be switched to the German language version.
- To change the language of "Starting Windows", run the following command in the command window (still take the German as example):
bcdedit /set {current} locale de-de
bcdboot %WinDir% /l de-de
Update:
- It seems this trick works on home premium version as well.
- I have changed an English Windows 7 system into a Chinese one.
Chinese version:
i wanna install language pack on my win7 professional. But when i wrote the command to cmd, i have error 87. any guess?
ReplyDeletedude dont leave space between your command and path (type something like packagepath:D:\lp.cap)
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Make sure you type in correct language pack path, and make sure you run CMD as an administrator.
ReplyDeleteIt tells me the data type is not supported
ReplyDeletetry this: dism /online /add-package /packagepath:d:\langpacks\de-de\lp.cab
ReplyDeleteThe same error appears...
ReplyDeleteAn error occured trying to open - c:\users\mathieu\desktop\langpacks\fr-fr\lp.cab Error: 0x8007065e
Error: 1630
Data of this type is not supported.
The DISM log file can be found at C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log
Hi, if you have followed the steps and type in the command exactly, burn the language pack to DVD and try it. You should check the DISM log file carefully first.
ReplyDeleteI am not the anonymous i saw your post and i tryied it and it worked!!! thanks a lot man
ReplyDeletethis worked just fine, a little bit trickey but i managed eventually. I installed the swedish language :D Thanks for this nice tutorial.
ReplyDeletehi there! thanks for the great information, however i keep getting "Error 0x800f081e" when i try to do this - any ideas? thanks!
ReplyDeleteIf the Windows is SP1, you must apply the SP1 version of the Language Pack
DeleteAfter alot of anger with searching google for a solution i finally reached this blog. Now i can finally work with my laptop in swedish. Thanks alot, it works perfect!
ReplyDeleteThx a lot for this guide. I now have norwegian language on my Windows 7 HOMEPREMIUM. Raymond
ReplyDeleteit works perfect!! Thnx
ReplyDeleteThank u very much, it works great.
ReplyDeletei tryed every step above, but the warning
ReplyDeleteAn error occured trying to open - c:\users\mathieu\desktop\langpacks\fr-fr\lp.cab Error: 0x8007065e
Error: 1630
Data of this type is not supported.
The DISM log file can be found at C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log
occured still
what can i do about it? i use the german version and wanna switch it to chinese...
Make sure your computer is clean, no virus, and put the language file in the C or D root instead of your desktop.
ReplyDeleteexcellent!!! Thank you very much for helping me to install the language pack
ReplyDeleteThe error 87 is that you wrote wrong the code check it and see if it is the same as here
ReplyDeletesince I installed the languagepack my PC is reacting must more slower !
ReplyDeletehave somebody the same experience ? and what to do ?
This should be caused by other software. Double check if there is a virus or too many applications start up with windows.
ReplyDeleteI believe the Error 0x800f081e is due to the conflict of the version of the package and of the os
ReplyDeleteInstead of "de-de" like in the example, what should I write for the English language pack? "en-en"?
ReplyDeletethan tou ahould download another package.
ReplyDeleteyou couldent just change the foldername
Worked perfectly on win 7 prof build 7600! Thanks a lot!
ReplyDeleteit really works!! no problems occured.. thanks :)
ReplyDeleteI have question about point 1 of this tutorial:
ReplyDeleteFirst my laptop doesn't have DVD unit. So can I put it on USB flash drive ?
Example: (F is USB falsh drive)
F:\langpacks\en-us\lp.cab.
And second what do I put inside map F:\langpacks\ on my USB flash drive ? exe file or do I need to extract it first ?
USB flash drive is fine, or you can copy the file into c drive or d drive. You should put the cab file into the langpacks folder.
ReplyDeleteIt works.
ReplyDeleteI used this to change a machine from Nederlands (Dutch) to English. On my test machine it failed because somebody had provided me with the wrong language-pack and I installed Dutch instead of English. After removing all the keys and a reboot, I received a BSOD.
However, using a restorepoint I was able to fix the computer again. After using the correct languagepack, it worked perfected. :)
Thank you (Windows 7 Professional - SP1)
Hello guys!
ReplyDeleteI got an error message like this:
An error occourred trying to open - D:\langpacks\da-dk\Ip.cab Error: 0x8007003
Error: 3
The system cannot find the path specified.
Can somebody help me? :)
Make sure you have put the language file in the folder and provide the correct folder path to the system.
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteI searched desperately all the web, because I don`t have Ultimate or Enterprise, but Home Premium, so it wasn`t easy to find any useful information. Thanks to this blog, and the algorithm above, I managed to install the language pack easily.
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Thanks a lot!!!
A kind of stupid question, but can I not just add it to be switched back and forth through the OS? Do I need to delete English? o.o
ReplyDeleteUnless you use the ultimate version, otherwise no.
ReplyDeleteMy windows 7 originally is English. Then I change it into french. but how to get back into english? thanks
ReplyDeleteIs this language pack fully working with windows updates? I got legit key and just wanna switch the language and wondering if it messes the windows updates.
ReplyDeleteHi, Rully, just follow the steps to change the language to French.
ReplyDeleteIs this language pack fully working with windows updates?
ReplyDeleteYes.
This worked for me. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean by "Prepare your language pack DVD"? Do you mean the original Windows 7 install media? I have a Dell so they don't include the DVD anymore. I can make one using the Dell backup and restore software, but I'm not sure where I might find the lp.cab file. Any help?
ReplyDeleteThe language pack DVD is different from Windows 7 install media. Dell doesn't supply this DVD.
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