Questions tagged [language-bar]
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Windows 10 April 2018 Update added an extra Language and I cannot remove it
I have just updated to Windows 10 April 2018 Update (1803 / 17134.1)
I had my laptop configured completely as UK with only a UK keyboard layout
Since the update, a US keyboard has been added so I ...
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Remove a language from the language bar in WIndows 10
In the language bar I have a "Dutch" language that I don't need and never use, hence I want to remove it. Here's a pictures of the language bar with the Dutch option:
The first thing I've tried is ...
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Language bar missing
I recently saw an issue with Windows 10 with latest updates where language bar was missing for one particular account. I checked all the standard things and all check boxes/options which may be ...
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Language-bar keyboard layout (not language) missing after Windows 10 update
I have two keyboards on my Windows 10 machine, one UK and one US, both are setup for English US language like this:
In a recent Windows update the keyboard indication disappeared and does not show ...
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Disable language bar - Windows 8 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can’t disable Language bar in Toolbars from Taskbar
Ok, so I have googled this and everywhere I see the same answer wich I do NOT need.
What I want is to turn off the language ...
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Windows Defaulting language to 'Unknown Language' Causing applications to crash on startup
Recently I've noticed that windows seems to be defaulting by system language for all applications to 'Unknown Language':
This is causing some applications to crash on startup. If I quickly change the ...
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Refresh Language Bar in Windows Vista/7 programatically
Im trying to configure the Language Bar (the language switcher in the systray which appears whan you have multiple input languages installed) for our users.
I can easily add new languages using ...
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Why is the Language Bar not available for me in Windows 7?
I'm running Windows 7 and have installed the Spanish keyboard (under Spain - International Sort). I've set the Language Bar to show up in the taskbar. But the language bar doesn't show up.
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My keyboard layout changes to Qwerty while there is no Qwerty configured?
I have a problem with my keyboard or software, see the following pictures.
As you can see there is only an Azerty keyboard layout configured, while my keyboard's setting keeps changing to the Qwerty ...
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How to get rid of the Language Bar?
I have English, Swedish, and Polish loaded on the system. I have created my own multilingual keyboard definition using the Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator. It supports all three languages. I call it ...
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Cannot remove English keyboard option from language bar
I use the language bar to switch between Chinese and French keyboards. However lately an English keyboard option also appeared in the popup. I didn't add it myself and I cannot find any way to remove ...
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How do I remove a language in language bar that isn't in my settings in Windows 10?
I have been playing a game that involves pushing what is apparently the keyboard shortcut for changing my keyboard language. This changes the mapping of the keys to something totally different and ...
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How to show system language AND keyboard layout on taskbar
Windows 10.
I use English input language (mostly), but a Hungarian QWERTZ keyboard. Sometimes Windows - of course - changes my active keyboard layout without asking me. That's not the problem I'm ...
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Windows 7 in Chinese mode types English characters [duplicate]
When the language bar is in English mode, it types English characters as normal. But when I switch to Chinese mode, it continues to type English characters, and does not let me use Chinese characters....
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How to get the keyboard to input Japanese?
To test 'text boxes' in an application of mine, I need the physical keyboard to output Japanese to the screen. Does anyone know how this can be done?
The application is in a Virtual Machine (VMPlayer)...
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How do I hide the English language from the language bar?
My operating system is in English.
I have two keyboards: Spanish and Japanese. I speak Spanish natively, and I'm learning Japanese, but to write in English I just use the Spanish keyboard.
The ...
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Change the width of the "Language Indicator" in the taskbar
After applying new theme on Windows 10, the font of the taskbar became bigger, so the word ENG was cropped on both sides how shown in image:
Cropped Input Indicator
How can I increase the width of ...
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Key Mapping to Switch Keyboard Language?
Is there any way to make a specific key combination switch the keyboard language?
I would like to be able to switch from Russian keyboard to English keyboard with a key combination instead of having ...
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How to change language bar background color based on language selected?
Is there a way to change the background color of the language bar icon in the taskbar on windows (windows 10)?
I found something here: https://www.sevenforums.com/customization/133396-language-bar-...
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Language bar changed
I deleted my user account and had to create a new one because it was corrupted but now my language settings have changed and the language bar doesn't work like it did before.
I can still use the ...
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How to get Win-Key + Space to switch languages working again?
I am using Windows 10 Pro and have three languages installed for typing that I always switch between by pressing the Windows key and the space bar.
I just noticed that it is not working anymore. I ...
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Restore language bar after it disappears
I'm using Windows 10. I added a Spanish keyboard, and turned on the language bar (docked). Been using it for a couple of weeks. But every couple of days, the language bar disappears. I'm assuming the ...
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Zhuyin input settings in WIndows 8
I own a transformer tablet with a Chinese (Taiwanese) version of Windows 8. I'd like to use it to type Chinese characters using the installed Zhuyin input method, but as it is the input method ...
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How to disable the Windows 8 language bar
I have been googling, but couldn't find a solution for my specific problem.
I have also tried what was described in both Can't disable Language bar in Toolbars from Taskbar and its so-caled duplicate ...
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Can't remove Windows 10 Keyboard Language [duplicate]
I can't remove a keyboard language and sometimes it changes with no reason, but I can't find any place where it's shown to be removed.
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How to stop language bar from moving
I've run into the following problem after one of the recent updates, current system version is 19041.867
Previously, the language bar was to the left of the system tray icons for all languages, in a ...
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Is it possible to use a .bat file to turn off 'Input indicator' when Windows starts?
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/turn-off-language-bar-windows
I am using Windows 10 and have done the following according to the above instructions.
'Use the desktop language bar when it's available' ...
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Setting up a custom language bar for windows 7 for any user on the domain
I'm creating my image for the laptops I manage and I have managed to get everything I need except the language bar to work for all users. I thought if you setup the language bar it just worked for ...
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Is there a way to disable a language from being switched to, but keep it in WIndows 10?
I want to have an ability to write Japanese on my computer, but as I don't use it very often, I spend time when I want to switch to other languages I use. Is there a way to install Japanese, use ...
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What download do I use to add the Russian Cyrullic characters to my Windows 10 QWERTY keyboard?
I need to download the appropriate Cyrrilic (Russian language) characters on my new keyboard. I use Windows 10. My keyboard is US American English
QWERTY with the Russian characters set lower Right ...
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duplicated language win 10
There is a lot of questions like this over the Internet. But I still can not resolve my problem. I have three languages in lang-bar, but I need only two.
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Can't change input language to Japanese Hiragana
I have a huge problem. I was watching some articles and tutorials and in all of them after installing language pack beside language they had this small A on taskbar, where they could change typing to ...
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How to keep English as default input language?
I originally had Windows 7 English version. I had enabled both Microsoft Japanese IME, as well as Google Japanese Input.
I upgraded to 10, then from then on in startup, Default text input would be ...
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Clicking on mouse wheel button switches language
I have two languages installed on my Windows 8.1 OS: English and Hebrew.
Recently I've started to use mouse middle click to open a link in Chrome in a new tab, and then I noticed that when I do that,...
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How to disable one keyboard language that case when don't see it in the language bar?
I have strange problem in my computer. I use two keyborad local: Hungary, English. After Windows Update my computer default language was set to Latvia (LV). But I cannot see this languauge in settings ...
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Russian language automatically loads on windows 7 startup [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Russian Language in windows 7
i am using windows 7 ultimate edition.
I did a fresh installation. And only programs I installed is Gameranger and silverlight.
Now when I run ...
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