COLOCANDO Windows 8 Single Language edition EM OUTRO IDIOMA

When you buy a cheaper laptop you may have Windows 8 Single Language installed on it, which means there is a preinstalled interface language (or sometimes a few languages) and there is no official way to change them as you would in Windows 8 Core (the regular Windows 8).

This is similar to what happens when you buy a laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium preinstalled.So, there is a way to change the Windows 7 Home premium (or Professional) interface language, and turns out it is the same for Windows 8 Single Language.

You need to have a language pack lp.cab file ready. You may find language packs distributed online for Windows 8, download one for your language and extract the lp.cab file.

I have uploaded the lp.cab language pack file compatible for Windows 8 x64 English US language HERE.

The method is as follows:

  • Put the lp.cab in some folder on your hard drive. Let’s put it in C:\lp for example.
  • Open command prompt in elevated mode and type:
 
DISM /Online /Add-Package /PackagePath:C:\lp\lp.cab
 
Windows 8 will recommend restarting after successfully adding the package.

After restarting, go back to command prompt in elevated mode and type:

bcdedit /set {current} locale xx-xx (where xx-xx is the language and locale code, for example english US would been-US)


And the last command:

bcdboot %WinDir% /l xx-xx (again xx-xx will have the language and locale code, for example en-US for english-US)

  • Now without closing command prompt type regedit to launch the registry editor and navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\MUI\UILanguages
 
and delete the folders that have language-locale codes different from the ones you need. For example ru-RU or es-ES.
Restart the machine and the UI language will be changed to the one you installed. You may still see the remnants of the original language in the tiles or other Windows features, that will go away once you change the region to your locale inside Control Panel.*Update (25.04.14):
I have uploaded language packs for certain languages for Windows 8 64bit here –

English (US)

Arabic (SA) (العربية)
German (Deutch)
Spanish (Espanol)
Finnish (Suomalainen)
Hebrew (עברית)
Korean (한국어)
Polish (Polski)
Portuguese (Brazil) (Português)
Romanian (Românesc)
Russian (Русский)
Thai (ภาษาไทย)

*Update (05.05.14):
More language packs for the following languages are available for download:

Bulgarian (български)
Czech (čeština)
Danish (Dansk)
Greek (ελληνικά)
Estonian (Eesti)
French (Francais)
Croatian (Hrvatski)
Hungarian (Magyar)
Italian (Italiano)
Japanese (日本語)
Latvian (latviešu)
Lithuianian (lietuvių)
Norwegian (Norsk)
Dutch (Nederlands)
Slovak (slovencina)
Slovenian (slovenšcina)
Swedish (svenska)
Turkish (Türk)
Ukrainian (український)
Chinese Standard (中国语文)
Chinese Hong Kong (中國語文)

*Update (07.05.14):

Working LP for Windows 8.1 will be uploaded in the near future.

*Update (02.08.14):

Here are the Windows 8.1 Language packs direct from Windows Update:
(Download the pack, rename it to lp.cab and follow the above procedure.)

Windows 8.1 32-bit (x86) MUI language packs
Arabic
Bulgarian
Chinese – Simplified
Chinese – Traditional
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English – United Kingdom
English – United States
Estonian
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Latvian
Lithuanian
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese – Brazil
Portuguese – Portugal
Romanian
Russian
Serbian – Latin
Slovak
Slovenian
Spanish
Swedish
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Windows 8.1 64-bit (x64) MUI language packs
Arabic
Bulgarian
Chinese – Simplified
Chinese – Traditional
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English – United Kingdom
English – United States
Estonian
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Latvian
Lithuanian
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese – Brazil
Portuguese – Portugal
Romanian
Russian
Serbian – Latin
Slovak
Slovenian
Spanish
Swedish
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian

 

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