Windows 7 Language Pack Installation and Un-Installation on 32 bit and 64 bit Machines
Recently I had to package Window 7 MUI for around 13 languages, both for 32 bit and 64 bit machines. I could not get any complete documentation for Installing, Un-Installing and making it work with the Deployment tool. I thought to write this article so it reduces the work of people who still have to make Language packs as a package. Windows 7 Language Packs come in a DVD and generally have a cab file called, lp.cab for all the languages in their respective folders. Following are the main command lines to be used while installing and Un-installing the Language Packs: Installation: dism /online /add-package /quiet /norestart /packagepath:lp.cab and Un-Installation: dism /online /remove-package /quiet /norestart /packagepath:lp.cab The lp.cab file can be copied to a temp location by your MSI and then a setup.bat file would be required to run the above command line. I had copied lp.cab, setup.bat,setup.vbs, uninstall.bat and uninstall.vbs to “%windir%\temp\ ” folder. Here are the uses of ...