Multilingual User Interface (MUI) in Windows 11/10
Windows 11
Windows 10
Configure Country, Region and language options:
You can use the Regional and Language Options settings in Control Panel to configure input languages for user accounts. For the MUI Pack, use these settings to specify or change the default user interface language or to install or remove user interface language packs.
Change the language for non-Unicode programs
Simplify multiple language usage on desktops
Administrators can configure desktops to simplify working in multiple languages. For example, you can add a language toolbar to the desktop or a language icon to the taskbar, making it easier for users to change between different input languages when they need to compose documents in multiple languages. You can also enable specific key sequences that let users quickly change between installed input languages and alternative keyboard layouts and IMEs.
Add the Language bar to the desktop or taskbar
In Control Panel, under Clock, Language, and Region, click Change keyboards or other input methods.Click Change keyboards, and then click the Language Bar tab.In the Text Services and Input Languages dialog box, under Preferences, click Language Bar.In the Language Bar tab, select the checkboxes that correspond to the language bar and taskbar options that you want to enable.Learn how to restore the Language Bar.
Enable or change key sequences
In Control Panel, under Clock, Language, and Region, click Change keyboards or other input methods.
Click Change keyboards, and then click the Advanced key Settings tab.
In the Advanced Key Settings tab, highlight the key setting to modify, and then click Change Key Sequence.
In the Change Key Sequence dialog box, select the options that correspond to the key sequences and actions that you want to use to enable a user to change between installed input languages or keyboard layouts and IMEs.
If you want to use the On-Screen Keyboard to input text in a different language, change to the appropriate input language before enabling the On-Screen Keyboard.
Display the On-Screen Keyboard
From the Start menu, point to All Programs, point to Accessories and then point to Ease of Access.Click On-Screen Keyboard.
Windows 11/10 users may want to see how to Install and Uninstall Languages.
