How to: Install Language Pack file ( lp.cab ) in Windows 8 RTM

Currently, DreamSpark Premium (formerly MSDNAA) only have access to the en-US version of Windows 8 RTM, fortunately enough if you want to change the display language now you can download the official Language Pack.

Problem: There’s no way to manually install a language pack file (lp.cab) in Windows 8, at least accessible through Control Panel as it was in Windows 7 (Microsoft must be planing to only distribute language packs through Windows Update, but, at the time of writing, they aren’t available yet )

Solution #1:

• Press Win key
• In Start Screen write lpksetup
• Press enter and follow instructions
• After the successful installation, restart and enable the new display language in Control Panel\Clock> Language and Region> Language

Solution #2:

• Press Win key
• In Start Screen, write cmd
• Right mouse click over Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator
• Write the following command, restart afterwards and enable your display language in Control Panel:

dism /online /add-package /packagepath:C:\languagepacks\de-de\lp.cab

NOTE 1#: You will need to adapt the commands requirements for your specific usage, for instance, if i want to install a pt-PT language pack that is located at c:\users\me\lpacks\pt-PT\lp.cab, the command would be

dism /online /add-package /packagepath:C:\users\me\lpacks\pt-PT\lp.cab

NOTE 2#: Don’t forget to change your Locale settings also, so you can get the same language everywhere.

PS: I don’t know if I’m allowed to share the full .iso file here, but you can easly find this anywhere, they are named as follow in MSDN:

• x86: mu_windows_8_language_pack_x86_dvd_917546.iso
• x64: mu_windows_8_language_pack_x64_dvd_917544.iso