Restrict selection of Windows menus and dialogs language: registry value MultiUILanguageIDUserHKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop
- Policy ID
- RestrictUILangSelect
- Scope
- User Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Windows 2000
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Control Panel › Regional and Language Options
Registry
MultiUILanguageID
REG_SZUser- Enabled value
- Depends on the option value
- Element
- Restrict users to the following language:
| Item | Stored value |
|---|---|
| English | 00000409 |
| Japanese | 00000411 |
| Korean | 00000412 |
| German | 00000407 |
| Simplified Chinese | 00000804 |
| Traditional Chinese | 00000404 |
| French | 0000040c |
| Spanish | 00000c0a |
| Italian | 00000410 |
| Swedish | 0000041d |
| Dutch | 00000413 |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | 00000416 |
| Finnish | 0000040b |
| Norwegian | 00000414 |
| Danish | 00000406 |
| Hungarian | 0000040e |
| Polish | 00000415 |
| Russian | 00000419 |
| Czech | 00000405 |
| Greek | 00000408 |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | 00000816 |
| Turkish | 0000041f |
| Arabic | 00000401 |
| Hebrew | 0000040d |
| Slovak | 0000041b |
| Slovenian | 00000424 |
| Romanian | 00000418 |
| Croatian | 0000041a |
| Bulgarian | 00000402 |
| Estonian | 00000425 |
| Lithuanian | 00000427 |
| Latvian | 00000426 |
| Thai | 0000041e |
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.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop] ; Options (use only one) ; English "MultiUILanguageID"="00000409" ; Japanese "MultiUILanguageID"="00000411" ; Korean "MultiUILanguageID"="00000412" ; German "MultiUILanguageID"="00000407" ; Simplified Chinese "MultiUILanguageID"="00000804" ; Traditional Chinese "MultiUILanguageID"="00000404" ; French "MultiUILanguageID"="0000040c" ; Spanish "MultiUILanguageID"="00000c0a" ; Italian "MultiUILanguageID"="00000410" ; Swedish "MultiUILanguageID"="0000041d" ; Dutch "MultiUILanguageID"="00000413" ; Portuguese (Brazil) "MultiUILanguageID"="00000416" ; Finnish "MultiUILanguageID"="0000040b" ; Norwegian "MultiUILanguageID"="00000414" ; Danish "MultiUILanguageID"="00000406" ; Hungarian "MultiUILanguageID"="0000040e" ; Polish "MultiUILanguageID"="00000415" ; Russian "MultiUILanguageID"="00000419" ; Czech "MultiUILanguageID"="00000405" ; Greek "MultiUILanguageID"="00000408" ; Portuguese (Portugal) "MultiUILanguageID"="00000816" ; Turkish "MultiUILanguageID"="0000041f" ; Arabic "MultiUILanguageID"="00000401" ; Hebrew "MultiUILanguageID"="0000040d" ; Slovak "MultiUILanguageID"="0000041b" ; Slovenian "MultiUILanguageID"="00000424" ; Romanian "MultiUILanguageID"="00000418" ; Croatian "MultiUILanguageID"="0000041a" ; Bulgarian "MultiUILanguageID"="00000402" ; Estonian "MultiUILanguageID"="00000425" ; Lithuanian "MultiUILanguageID"="00000427" ; Latvian "MultiUILanguageID"="00000426" ; Thai "MultiUILanguageID"="0000041e"
CMD
:: Options (use only one) :: English reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d 00000409 /f :: Japanese reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d 00000411 /f :: Korean reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d 00000412 /f :: German reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d 00000407 /f :: Simplified Chinese reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d 00000804 /f :: Traditional Chinese reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d 00000404 /f :: French reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d "0000040c" /f :: Spanish reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d "00000c0a" /f :: Italian reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d 00000410 /f :: Swedish reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d "0000041d" /f :: Dutch reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d 00000413 /f :: Portuguese (Brazil) reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d 00000416 /f :: Finnish reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d "0000040b" /f :: Norwegian reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d 00000414 /f :: Danish reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d 00000406 /f :: Hungarian reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d "0000040e" /f :: Polish reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d 00000415 /f :: Russian reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d 00000419 /f :: Czech reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d 00000405 /f :: Greek reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d 00000408 /f :: Portuguese (Portugal) reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d 00000816 /f :: Turkish reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d "0000041f" /f :: Arabic reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d 00000401 /f :: Hebrew reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d "0000040d" /f :: Slovak reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d "0000041b" /f :: Slovenian reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d 00000424 /f :: Romanian reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d 00000418 /f :: Croatian reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d "0000041a" /f :: Bulgarian reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d 00000402 /f :: Estonian reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d 00000425 /f :: Lithuanian reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d 00000427 /f :: Latvian reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d 00000426 /f :: Thai reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "MultiUILanguageID" /t REG_SZ /d "0000041e" /f
PowerShell
# Common: create the key New-Item -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Force | Out-Null # Options (use only one) # English New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '00000409' -Force | Out-Null # Japanese New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '00000411' -Force | Out-Null # Korean New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '00000412' -Force | Out-Null # German New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '00000407' -Force | Out-Null # Simplified Chinese New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '00000804' -Force | Out-Null # Traditional Chinese New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '00000404' -Force | Out-Null # French New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '0000040c' -Force | Out-Null # Spanish New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '00000c0a' -Force | Out-Null # Italian New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '00000410' -Force | Out-Null # Swedish New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '0000041d' -Force | Out-Null # Dutch New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '00000413' -Force | Out-Null # Portuguese (Brazil) New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '00000416' -Force | Out-Null # Finnish New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '0000040b' -Force | Out-Null # Norwegian New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '00000414' -Force | Out-Null # Danish New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '00000406' -Force | Out-Null # Hungarian New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '0000040e' -Force | Out-Null # Polish New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '00000415' -Force | Out-Null # Russian New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '00000419' -Force | Out-Null # Czech New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '00000405' -Force | Out-Null # Greek New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '00000408' -Force | Out-Null # Portuguese (Portugal) New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '00000816' -Force | Out-Null # Turkish New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '0000041f' -Force | Out-Null # Arabic New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '00000401' -Force | Out-Null # Hebrew New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '0000040d' -Force | Out-Null # Slovak New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '0000041b' -Force | Out-Null # Slovenian New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '00000424' -Force | Out-Null # Romanian New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '00000418' -Force | Out-Null # Croatian New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '0000041a' -Force | Out-Null # Bulgarian New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '00000402' -Force | Out-Null # Estonian New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '00000425' -Force | Out-Null # Lithuanian New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '00000427' -Force | Out-Null # Latvian New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '00000426' -Force | Out-Null # Thai New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Control Panel\Desktop' -Name 'MultiUILanguageID' -PropertyType String -Value '0000041e' -Force | Out-Null