Windows 8 store wrong language

Sign in to vote. Thank you in advance. Wednesday, August 7, AM. I'm back with a solution! Marked as answer by rafaelfaccio Friday, August 9, AM. Friday, August 9, AM. Hi, To change the display language for Modern UI applications, please follow these steps: Please check the region of your computer refer to above post and check the account location for your Windows Store.

During this process, you may need to install language package for English. Hope these could be helpful and keep post. Thursday, August 8, AM. Sorry this didn't help.

Thanks for your feedback. I had the same experience but different languages. For me, it was only Bing app's that displayed wrong language at the begining but after a while, other pure Microsoft app's had the same problems. I uninstalled language pack, then uninstalled the app's in qustion and finally reinstalled them. To be honest this is a work around to solve the problem. I do not want to uninstall all my Apps that show in the wrong language.

I have this problem since Windows 8 and it was transferred to Windows 8. I uninstalled the language pack completely but the Apps persistently stay on Afrikaans.

This is a problem that should be addressed solved in a proper manner and not a time consuming work-around. I've noticed that some Start Menu Apps in Windows 8 appear in the wrong language. Using the links on this page. You can install LIPs over any edition of Windows, but they provide a translated version of only the most widely used dialog boxes, menu items, and help content.

The table below shows if the language you're looking for requires a premium edition of Windows or a particular parent language. Get it now. Windows 11 Windows 10 Windows 8. Open Language settings Go to Preferred languages , select Add a language. You can download and install any of the following languages in Windows To use Microsoft Office in your preferred language, you can download an Office language pack.

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