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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  3. Anonymous
    2023-05-13T05:11:38+00:00

    Encountered this issue long time ago (I just ignored it), and yesterday I just bought a new laptop and this issue happened again. I'd tried DISM method (Admin mode) but the progress won't even running, only showing the image version. Instead of "windows update is running, please don't turn off" hellscape loop, I just reset the PC despite everything is finished setup. This is basically restoring the windows image but in "hardcore" way. You may keep the setting or remove it all (not really though, I had Japanese previously, it's shown in the language setting but it's not in system where you can use/type, just showing there, still need to remove and adding back, ROFLMAO Windows 11).

    If you really need this features and DISM didn't work, I'll suggest you to reset the Windows (last resort) or find an alternative that works for you. Good luck to you all.

    Since Basic license only support 1 display language, in order to avoid this mess, maybe upgrade to Pro license is the way to go. It's not a bug, it's a feature!

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-05-15T12:39:49+00:00

    I cannot download the microsoft simplified chinese basic typing. as i teach in China it is making life complicated.

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