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Copies the current user's international settings (Windows Display language, Input language, Regional Format/locale, and Location/GeoID) to one or both of the following: * Welcome screen and system accounts * New user accounts Important: Note that this PowerShell cmdlet is only available for Windows 11 and later. This is a system setting. It can only be changed by a user who has Administrator permissions. Changes take effect after the computer is restarted.
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Microsoft International reference: Copies the current user's international settings (Windows Display language, Input language, Regional Format/locale, and Location/GeoID) to one or both of the following: * Welcome screen and system accounts * New user accounts Important: Note that this PowerShell cmdlet is only available for Windows 11 and later. This is a system setting. It can only be changed by a user who has Administrator permissions. Changes take effect after the computer is restarted. The syntax and selected example below are adapted from the pinned Windows Server 2025 reference. Module availability, target configuration and delegated permissions determine whether it can run in your environment. Documentation and parameter text: Microsoft, CC BY 4.0; formatting adapted by Cmdlet World. No execution testing is claimed.
Copy-UserInternationalSettingsToSystem [-WelcomeScreen <Boolean>] [-NewUser <Boolean>] [<CommonParameters>]Use an account with the target resource permissions documented for Copy-UserInternationalSettingsToSystem. Modifying administrative cmdlets may require elevation or delegated administration. This catalog does not assert that ordinary users can execute the command.
Windows / International · Windows Server 2025 documentation; feature/module prerequisites apply
-NewUser (required)-WelcomeScreen (required)Windows with the International module and the Windows feature or management tools that provide it. Confirm target connectivity and version compatibility using the linked Microsoft reference.
This cmdlet changes system state. Review every target and parameter in the official reference, test outside production, and prepare an appropriate backup or rollback. Do not execute the example automatically.
Copy-UserInternationalSettingsToSystem -WelcomeScreen $True -NewUser $TrueThis example copies the Windows Display language, Input language, Regional Format/locale, and Location/GeoID into both the Welcome screen and system accounts, and new user accounts. Source: Microsoft, CC BY 4.0; transcript prompt/output removed. This example was not executed.
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