Windows 10 | Inject Language Pack with DISM

Injecting a language pack with DISM provides a modified Install.wim that can later be used as a standalone solution to deploy Windows 10 from a ...   InjectinglanguagepackintoWindows10 WIMimagescanbe achievedinmanydifferentways.MDThasamoduletoeasilyimportimage.SCCMcandoitwithinatasksequencewhiletheimageisoffline/online.YouwillalsobeabletodoitbyusingDISMfromtheWindowsADK. Inthispost,wewilldetailtheprocessof injectinglanguagepacksintoaWindows10WIMimagesusingDISM. InjectingalanguagepackwithDISMprovidesamodifiedInstall.wimthatcanlaterbeused asa standalonesolutiontodeployWindows10from a media(DVD,USB)oras aWindowsOSsource for  MDTor SCCM.Thissolutioncanalsobeusedwithour previouspostas weexplainedhowtocreateandcaptureacustomWindows10image. Pre-Requisitesfor SCCMInjectLanguagePackWindows10 Youmustinstallfewtoolsandplugins,beforeyougetthere. WindowsADKforWindows10(Download) Windows101511 Enterprise ISOfile LanguagePackforWindows10sameCurrentBranchversion Preparation Createafoldersstructurelikethisonebelow CopytheextractedWindows10ISOfilestoEN-FR-frfolder [su_boxtitle=”Note”style=”glass”title_color=”#F0F0F0″]Thiswillbetheupdated Windows10afterweinjectthelanguagepack.(EN-USwithlanguagepackFR-FR).[/su_box] MountyourISOlanguagepacks Browsetotheneededlanguagepackfolder Copyyourlanguagefolder(FR-FR)intotheLangPackfolder Thisfoldermustcontainonlyonefile(LP.cab) InjectLanguagePackWindows10 TouseDISMcommandlines, weneed theDeploymentandImagingToolsEnvironmentfromtheWindows10ADK. RightclickonDeploymentandImagingToolsEnvironment iconandselectRunasadministrator Type dism/get-mountedimageinfotovalidateifanyotherWIMaremounted Youcanseethatwedon’thaveanymountedimage.Ifyouhaveany,unmountitfirstbeforeproceedingtothenextsteps Wenow needtheinformationfromtheInstall.WIMfromtheWindows101511EN-US Runthefollowingcommand:(changetothepathwhereyoucopiedyoursourcesfilesinthefirststeps) [su_boxtitle=”Command”style=”glass”title_color=”#F0F0F0″]Dism/Get-ImageInfo/ImageFile:E:\Sources\SCCM\Windows10\EN-FR-fr\sources\install.wim[/su_box] Youmusthaveatleasta Windows10EnterpriseTechnicalPreviewinstalledtoadvanced Runthefollowingcommandtomounttheimage: [su_boxtitle=”Command”style=”glass”title_color=”#F0F0F0″]Dism/Mount-Image/ImageFile:E:\Sources\SCCM\Windows10\EN-FR-fr\sources\install.wim/name:”Windows10EnterpriseTechnicalPreview”/Mountdir:E:\Sources\SCCM\Windows10\Mount[/su_box] ThiswillmounttheWIMfiletotheMountfolder. [su_boxtitle=”Note”style=”glass”title_color=”#F0F0F0″]Closethefolderafteryoutakealook.[/su_box] RunthefollowingcommandtoinjectthelanguagepackintothemountedWIM [su_boxtitle=”Command”style=”glass”title_color=”#F0F0F0″]Dism/image:E:\Sources\SCCM\Windows10\Mount/Scratchdir:E:\Sources\SCCM\Windows10\Scratch/add-package/packagepath:E:\Sources\SCCM\Windows10\LangPack\fr-fr\lp.cab[/su_box] Atthispoint,thelanguagepackisinjectedintothemountedWIM Nowweneedtocommitchanges,runthefollowingcommand: [su_boxtitle=”Command”style=”glass”title_color=”#F0F0F0″]Dism/commit-wim/Mountdir:E:\Sources\SCCM\Windows10\mount[/su_box] Oncechangesarecommited,WIMmustbeunmounted. Runthefollowingcommand: [su_boxtitle=”Command”style=”glass”title_color=”#F0F0F0″]Dism/unmount-wim/mountdir:E:\Sources\SCCM\Windows10\Mount/Discard[/su_box] Aftertheunmountiscompleted,takelookattheInstall.wimwithin EN-FR-frfolder.The modifiedInstall.wimwillbeslightlybiggerandmodifieddatewillbemodified. Install.wimEN-FR-frfolder LogsandMoreInfo IfyouexperimentthisproblemwithanyofthecommandlinefromDISM,youcanusethelogfilelocatedinC:\Windows\Logs\DISM  Evenifnotup-to-date,thisTechnetarticlecanhelpwithDISMCommandlinesoptions. InjectInstall.wimwithLanguagePack Wenowhaveasourcemediawith2languagesinit.ItcanbeusedtoinstallWindows10fromamediasource(manualinstall),forMDTandSCCM. Bonus :Unattend.xml Inordertopreventthechoiceoflanguagetopromptatfirstboot,anUnattend.xmlfilemustbeconfiguredtoanswerthequestionfromtheOut-of-the-boxexperience(OOBE). TocreateormodifyanUnattend.xmlfileweneedWindowsSystemImageManager,fromtheWindowsADK. IntheUnattend.xmlfile,theMicrosoft-Windows-International-Core_neutralmustbeconfiguredintheSpecializeandOOBESystemphase. The2settingsthatneedstobeconfiguredforlanguagepacksareUILanguageandUILanguageFallback. Itmustbeconfiguredthesamewayforbothsections. Intheexamplebellow, FR-FRwouldbethedefaultlanguage, andEN-USwouldbetheFallbacklanguage. MoreinformationonWindowsSystemImageManagerhere 16Commentson“Windows10|InjectLanguagePackwithDISM” LogintoReply http://www.adidas-eqt.us.com/adidaseqtadv LogintoReply HelloJonathan, ThanksforyourBlogpost,whichisquitehelpful.I’mfacinganissuewithWindows101803,thatafterintegratingtheLPtotheOS(withDISM/online)youcannotswitchbetweentheLanguagePacksviatheGUI.YouhavetoadditagainviatheSettings-AppwhichneedsinternetconnectionandanAdministratoraccount.SoitseemwithWin101803thisguidedoesn’tworkanymore.Canyouconfirmthis? LogintoReply HiSergio I’mcurrentlyat1809andI’mhavingthesameissue.WhenIcheckwithdism,thecabfilesarecorrectlyinstalled.WhenIinstall,thelangpacksaregone… LogintoReply HiSergio SoI’mnotsureifyoudidthisalsobutinfirstItriedtoaddtheLanguageFeaturesfromtheFeaturesondemand.Theseonlyincludefeatures,nolanguageuisettings.SinceI’mpartofahighschoolcollege,Iwasableto‘buy’thecorrectlanguagepackthroughtheMSImagineplatform.ThesedocontainthecorrectlanguagepackIneeded.I’mcontactingMStoaddressthisissue. Ihopetogivemoreinfoonthissoon. LogintoReply Firstofall,thankyouforthisarticle. Ididitwithwindows10enterprise,andIdidn’thaveanyproblemduringdeprocess.Icheckedtheinstall.wimandaftertheprocessisbigger.ThenIputallfiles(boot,efi,sources,etc..)inanUSBandIstartedacomputerfromUSBtoinstallit.Theproblemisthatdidn’tappeartheoptiontochooselanguage,TheinstallationstartsinEnglish.Doyouknowwheretheproblemis?Thankyouinadvance! LogintoReply Hi,inourbusiness,weinstalledtheisoofwindows10downloadedfromthemicrosoftlicensedvolumewebsite.TheisoisFrench(Canada).AfterinstallingtheOS,weinstalledthesccmconfigurationmanagerclient. Inthetabsoftheconfigurationmanagerit’sallinenglish?!!Isthereapatcheforthisproblem? IfweusetheWindows10IsoinFrenchFrench,thentheconfigurationmanagertabsareinfrench. WeneedittoworkwiththeWindows10Iso–>Fr-CA! Thanksinadvance! LogintoReply HiKhoi, wefacedthatissue.TheproblemisthatFR-CAisanewUILanguage.TheonlyFRUiLanguagesupportedbyotherapplication(liketheSCCMclient)isFR-FR.SamegoesforOffice,ifyoutrytomatchtheOSlanguage. IrecommendmyclienttostaywithFR-FR,asthereisnooverallgaininusingFR-CA,onlydownsides. Jonathan LogintoReply Mercid’avoirpritletempsderépondre!!Celarépondamoninquiétude! LogintoReply HiJonathan, IamusingSCCMtodeploytheimage.AmIsupposedtospecifyanyspecificcommandinthetasksequenceorwillitbethisscreentoselectlanguagepackappearautomatically..? Thanks. LogintoReply HiAakash, Doyouuseanunattend.xmlfile?Ifyes,trytoremoveittoseehowitgoes. WhennoUnattend.xmlisspecified,itwillpromptforlanguageselection. WhichOSandVersionareyoutryingtoinstallMUIfor? Jonathan LogintoReply HiJonathan, Iamnotusingunattend.xmlfornow. Also,usingwindows10version1607andthelanguagepackversionisSW_DVD5_NTRL_Win_10_1607_32_64_MultiLang_LangPackAll_LIP_X21-05987. thanks. LogintoReply Hello, Ihavefollowedthesestepsandinjectedlanguagepacksintheimage.IamusingSCCMtodeployit,buttheoptiontoselectthelanguagepackisnotappearingafterfirstboot.It’snotappearingatall.Canyoupleasehelpmeonthis. Thanks, Aakash LogintoReply HiAakash, isyourWimabitbiggerthantheoriginal?MaybetheDism/commit-wimdidn’tworkatall,andchangeswerediscared. Jonathan LogintoReply HiJonathan, IhavecheckedtheWinanditwasbiggerafterweinjectedthelanguagepack.CheckedtheDISMlogaswellanditwasshowingsuccess. Triedagainfromscratch,butstillnochange.Pleasesuggest. Thanks. LogintoReply Whendoingitinthisway,willitthennotrenamethebulitinadministratoraccountfromtheEN-us:“Administrator”totheFR-fr“Administrateur”? LogintoReply HiJesper, YestheadministratoraccountwillbeinFrenchwhenthedefaultlanguageselectintheOOBEsectionisFrench.Butremember,Windows,atiscore,islanguageneutral. Meaning,EN-USisalanguagepackappliedtothecore,justastheFr-Fr. IfyouchangefromFrenchtoEnglish,theAdministrateurwillbe“renamed”Administrator. Theaccountisthesame,withthesameSID. Thanks Jonathan LeaveaReplyCancelreplyYoumustbeloggedintopostacomment. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn YouTube OnlineStore WedevelopthebestSCCM/MEMCMGuides,Reports,andPowerBiDashboards.Checkthemout! 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