Windows 11 language's basic typing won't finish downloading

Anonymous
2022-12-10T10:19:56+00:00

There is a known issue that if you type Chinese characters in an English system environment, the word-searching bar would disappear while typing multiple Chinese characters in a row. This issue was never fixed and was very annoying. Today I tried to uninstall the Chinese language pack and wanted to do a reinstall, the language pack was downloaded just fine, but the basic typing was just stuck at the downloading phase and never goes to completion. I've been waited for more than 24 hours already.

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Anonymous
2023-06-30T04:39:22+00:00

Hey guys,

New here but was plagued by the exact same issue (Windows 11 ASUS ROG laptop) and managed to solve it with one of the mentioned solutions. Here is a TLDR and its working perfectly now for all languages for me.

Methods that did not work:
DISM fixes, restarts, regedits, ESD/CAB installations

Method that worked:1. Remove all language packs installed in Optional Features

2. Remove all secondary languages under Time and Language (Just leave the main one)

3. Run an In-Place Windows 11 upgrade (link provided below on how, might take quite a while involving multiple auto restarts. apps and files are not affected at all, read info in link)

4. Reinstall secondary languages, they should still take quite a long while but a tad under 45 minutes for me

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-run-in-place-upgrade-in-windows-11/4d469147-2747-4dcb-88a4-aae9273a4500

Hope it helps for those who are still stuck!

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-12-18T13:10:49+00:00

    the problem is a lot of users reported this issue but microsoft still have no idea, they just don't want to solve it, like the font issue in onenote.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-09-19T06:13:05+00:00

    Hello,

    I got the same problem. And my resolution is to install the update package offline.

    First of all you need to get the offline package from the following Link according to your system version.

    If you don`t know your system version exactly. Run the command "winver".

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/windows-11-language-packs

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    After you download the .ISO file, extract the necessary file about language from the .ISO file. like:

    Microsoft-Windows-LanguageFeatures-Basic-zh-cn-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~.cab

    zh-cn stands for chinese.

    At last run the DISM command to install the language basic package. like:

    Dism /Add-Package /PackagePath:%filepath%Microsoft-Windows-LanguageFeatures-Basic-zh-cn-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~.cab

    After package installed, you can typing chinese.

    Or you can try to fix the update by modify the register, Please follow this:

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/deployment/chinese-ime-dictionaries-not-ready

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-03-08T14:05:31+00:00

    Dear Yuan X - thank you so much to share your experience in fixing the Chinese language problem - it's exciting because now we know at least one case that this could be fixed (without reinstalling Windows 11).

    I followed your steps, but was not able to fix the problem in my PC after several tries.

    I was wondering that you can recall your experience and perhaps give some missing tips that may give me a better luck next time?

    (after running "dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth", the log in C:\windows\logs\dism\dism. log, - it showed several patches, including some in Language packages. But my limited knowledge on Windows ended here.

    Any possible clue you can share with us is highly appreciated...

    JP

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-02-24T06:01:55+00:00

    In my last attempt to reload the Simplified Chinese, I received an Error Code: 0x80070005 - does this mean anything for the Microsoft insiders?

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