How can I change the language of Windows 7 to English?
I have a German edition of Windows 7 and want to change its language to English.
Does anyone know how to do this?
P.s. I have a home version of windows (not professional or ultimate) :)
P.s.s. I can't manage to get any lb.cab file, can any1 also provide a link to that?
Solution 1:
You must have Ultimate or Enterprise edition to go from German to English, otherwise you must buy an English version of Windows 7 and re-install the Operating System.
- Start -> All Programs --> Windows Update --> Optional Updates.
- Open optional Updates and go to the section Windows 7 Language Packs.
- Tick the Language Pack you want and hit OK
- Proceed with Install Updates
- Depiction of Windows 7 downloading a Language Pack
- Automatic install initiated after download
How to change the Windows 7 Display Language:
- Go to Start -> Control Panel -> Clock, Language, and Region / Change the display language
- Switch the display language in the Choose a display language dropdown menu.
- Click OK
- Log off for the changes to take effect (This will affect only the user profile under which you are currently logged on).
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Here's an English tutorial and a German tutorial.
Solution 2:
I had the same problem and I followed what is here:
http://mark.ossdl.de/2009/08/change-mui-language-pack-in-windows-7-home-and-professional/
you will have to get the appropriate “lp.cab”, i.e. from the Language Pack DVD. Then, type this in a command prompt as Administrator (change path and language code appropriately):
dism /online /add-package /packagepath:D:\langpacks\en-us\lp.cab
bcdedit /set {current} locale en-US
bcdboot %WinDir% /l en-US
After that, remove the registry folder HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\MUI\UILanguages\de-DE.
Reboot
If you get this error: An error occured trying to open d:\en-us\langpacks\lp.cab Error:0×80070003. The System cannot find the path specified
copy the lp.cab to C:\ (the root directory) and run dism from there.
The command line shell must be run as Administrator.
And it worked
Solution 3:
I changed the display language of a Windows in Korean (Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 x32 "K") to English using Vistalizator (mirror) (free, straightforward to use, the website contains required Microsoft updates as well as language packs):
It may ask for some Windows updates:
