
Select the type of import (Language Pack, Local Experience Pack, or Features On Demand), the Windows OS, and the corresponding version that you wish to import. Start WIM Witch and select the “Import LP+FOD” tab. This release also has some minor UI tweaks, which will be detailed later in the post. Consider the new feature set as “Preview” for a little while. There are also unknown bugs, which are not. There are known bugs, which are listed at the end of the post. This feature set has been a constant request from the original release of WIM Witch, and I am really happy to have finally delivered it. I hope this will help the users who are trying to install Windows 8 language packs manually.Starting with version 1.4.0, WIM Witch can now import and apply Language Packs, Features on Demand, and Local Experience Packs. Change the display language from the Control Panel.Restart the computer when the command has been successfully completed.You will need to change the path with the path of the cab file in your local computer. Open command prompt with administrative privileges.ĭism /online /add-package /packagepath:C:\downloads\Win8lang\ar-sa\lp.cab.You may change your display language through Control Panel languages option.You will be required to restart the computer once the language pack is installed completely.You will be taken to a window which will let you add the language pack of your choice.There are two more ways to manually install a language pack in Windows 8 (only if you have downloaded the language pack in your computer). If you have downloaded the lp.cab language pack file on your computer, Windows 8 does not give any straight forward option to select the source language pack file to be installed.

Just search for “Add a language” in Windows 8 and add language through the interface.

It’s quite easy to use but if you want to do it without using any third party software, you may using the built in language pack installer which will automatically download and install any language for you. The two methods that we have already discussed include using WDP Universal Language installer which can install any language pack which you have downloaded in Windows 8. I have also given the download links for unofficial languages packs of Windows 8 which have been created using Windows 7 language packs. I have already written about 2 ways to install Windows 8 language packs. But Microsoft has made it quite easy to install a language pack in Windows 8.

Since Windows 8 is only available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers, the language packs are also available for download to those subscribers. Windows 8 language packs have not been released to the public officially.
