Policy
Restricts the UI languages Windows should use for the selected user
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista
This policy setting restricts the Windows UI language for specific users. This policy setting applies to computers with more than one UI language installed. If you enable this policy setting, the UI language of Windows menus and dialogs for systems with more than one language is restricted to a specified language for the selected user. If the specified language is not installed on the target computer or you disable this policy setting, the language selection defaults to the language selected by the user. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, there is no restriction on which language users should use. To enable this policy setting in Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000, to use the "Restrict selection of Windows menus and dialogs language" policy setting.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
| Scope | Element | Type | Registry mapping | Constraints & behavior | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| User | Restrict users to the following language: ID UILangSelect | enum | Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop Value name PreferredUILanguages Type REG_SZ | Options: English (en-US), Japanese (ja-JP), Korean (ko-KR), German (de-DE), Simplified Chinese (zh-CN), Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) (zh-TW), French (fr-FR), Spanish (es-ES) … +28 more |