How to change language in Powershell (to english)?

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2011-04-27

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_{Wednesday, April 27, 2011 5:20 PM | 2 votes}

Hi,

is there any chance how to change Powershell language? I use Win7 Professional 32bit Czech language. I havent found any possibility to change language to english.

Thanks for advice.

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_{Thursday, April 28, 2011 5:26 PM ✅Answered}

No and no.

First. Put the function in your script.

Here I am opening up Excel and doing stuff:

#< Begin script >

function Remove-ComObject {
# Requires -Version 2.0
[CmdletBinding()]
param()
end {
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500
[Management.Automation.ScopedItemOptions]$scopedOpt = 'ReadOnly, Constant'
Get-Variable -Scope 1 | Where-Object {
$_.Value.pstypenames -contains 'System.__ComObject' -and -not ($scopedOpt -band $_.Options)
} | Remove-Variable -Scope 1 -Verbose:([Bool]$PSBoundParameters['Verbose'].IsPresent)
[gc]::Collect()
}
}

Function Using-Culture (
[System.Globalization.CultureInfo]$culture,
[ScriptBlock]$script)
{
    $OldCulture = [System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentCulture
    trap
    {
    [System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = $OldCulture
    }
    [System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = $culture
    $ExecutionContext.InvokeCommand.InvokeScript($script)
    [System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = $OldCulture
} # End Function

Using-Culture en-us {
$xl= New-Object -COM Excel.Application
$xl.Visible = $true
$xl.DisplayAlerts = $False
$xl.Workbooks.Open("C:\Scripts\PowerShell\test.xls")

$xl.quit()
Remove-ComObject -Verbose
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 250
Get-Process Excel
#[System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($xl)
}
# ======================End Script ================================

Basicaly, you have to load the function before you use it. You could also add the function to your profile.ps1, then it would be loaded every time you start Powershell.

_{Wednesday, April 27, 2011 5:30 PM}

there is a default variable PSCulture that is en-US on my machine... as well as PSUICulture which is also en-US

maybe change those and see what happens? do you have the en-us culture installed on your machine?

_{Wednesday, April 27, 2011 6:04 PM}

$PSUICulture

en-US

$PSUICulture

cs-CZ

PS C:\Documents and Settings\polo> $PSUICulture="en-US"
Cannot overwrite variable PSUICulture because it is read-only or constant.
At line:1 char:13

$PSUICulture <<<< ="en-US"
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (PSUICulture:String) [], SessionStateUnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : VariableNotWritable

I can not change the variable:(

_{Wednesday, April 27, 2011 6:28 PM}

You can change the Current Thread’s Culture or pass the Culture to .Net Static Methods’ <System.IFormatProvider> argument.

I blogged about Standard Formatting Strings, Numeric and Date Time; I used both techniques, see the Cultue Specific section, Explicit passes the Culture to .Net Static Methods’ <System.IFormatProvider> argument while Implicit changes the Current Thread’s Culture.

Robert Robelo

_{Wednesday, April 27, 2011 7:56 PM}

You could try this: At the begining of your script:

Using-Culture en-us { Your script here }

_{Thursday, April 28, 2011 12:57 PM}

I have got your function to the script sc.ps1 and I started it.

PS C:\Documents and Settings\polo> .\sc.ps1

Here I tested the script.

PS C:\Documents and Settings\polo> Using-Culture en-us { get-command }
The term 'Using-Culture' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check t
he spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:14

Using-Culture <<<< en-us { get-command }
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Using-Culture:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

_{Thursday, April 28, 2011 1:38 PM}

So, did you put the function at the begining of your script? Or you could add it to your profile so it would always be available.

_{Thursday, April 28, 2011 1:44 PM}

Hello,

I tried the following, but it didnt work.

PS C:\Documents and Settings\polo> [Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = 'is-IS'; '{0:D}' -f (winrm quickco
nfig -transport:https); '{0:C}'

Dont notice that I used is-IS, I just tried if it works. I need translate the output of "winrm quickconfig -transport:https", because I have problems with configuration of this service.

Thanks a lot for advice.

_{Thursday, April 28, 2011 3:53 PM}

No I put the function to the script sc.ps1. And then:

1]I called the script

2] I called function with command as a parameter.

_{Thursday, April 28, 2011 5:07 PM}

Could I please see your full script?

_{Thursday, April 28, 2011 5:15 PM}

Thats the whole content of my script. Just the function... After I started the script so I called the function:

PS C:\Documents and Settings\polo> Using-Culture en-us { winrm quickconfig -transport:https }
The term 'Using-Culture' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check t
he spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:14

Using-Culture <<<< en-us { winrm quickconfig -transport:https }
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Using-Culture:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

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