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How to Change Configuration Manager Console Language

By Prajwal Desai 1 View 3 comments May 22, 2020 5 Min Read

This post explains how to change or modify the default Configuration Manager (SCCM) console language. It also covers on how to change console language back to English.

By default the SCCM console picks the system language. However sometimes the technical support members will need the console in English or probably some other language.

Table of Contents

  • Configuration Manager Console Language
  • About Configuration Manager Console
  • Prerequisites
  • Change SCCM Console language to English
  • Modify SCCM Console language from English to other language

Configuration Manager Console Language

During site server installation, the Configuration Manager console installation files and supported language packs are copied to the \Tools\ConsoleSetup. This is a sub-folder within the Configuration Manager installation path on the site server.

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When you start the Configuration Manager console installation from this folder on the site server, it copies the Configuration Manager console and supported language pack files to the computer.

When a language pack is available for the current language setting on the computer, the Configuration Manager console opens in that language.

However if the associated language pack isn’t available for the Configuration Manager console, the console opens in English (United States).

About Configuration Manager Console

The Configuration Manager console is a tool that allows managing the Configuration Manager environment. By default the SCCM console is always installed on every site server.

It allows you to perform functions such as deploy applications, configure the settings, device management, and create packages and collections.

The Configuration Manager Console is a single management console for your PCs, Macs and Unix/Linux servers, as well as for mobile devices running Android, Windows or iOS.

For more information on ConfigMgr console deployment, refer below posts.

  • Deploy ConfigMgr console using SCCM
  • Deploy SCCM console on Windows 10 computers

Prerequisites

In order to modify the language of Configuration Manager console

  • You must to be administrator of the computer on which you perform the below changes.
  • Have access to the installation files. (Download package language folder)

Change SCCM Console language to English

The below steps will now help you to change the SCCM console language from French language to English.

In this example, by default SCCM Console is displayed in the system language which is French.

How to Change Configuration Manager Console Language

The English language file is by installed by default when you install Windows 10.

First of all close the Configuration Manager console, and go to your console installation directory. %program files (x86)%\ Microsoft Configuration Manager\AdminConsole\bin.

Since our current console language is French, rename the fr folder to fr.old.

How to Change Configuration Manager Console Language

Now launch Configuration Manager console. Notice that the console language is English. We changed the SCCM console language from French to English with simple file rename.

How to Change Configuration Manager Console Language

Modify SCCM Console language from English to other language

We will now look at the steps to modify our SCCM console language from English to some other language.

To choose another language other than English, you require the files for your language. You then change the system language.

Go to download folder. Select Server folder and your language. (in my example ESN for Spain).

Modify SCCM Console Language

Run the file ALPxxxx.msp. Wait while the installation is done.

Modify SCCM Console Language

Go to Configuration Manager console installation directory and open the bin folder. We see a new folder es in the bin directory.

Modify SCCM Console Language

Now change your Windows 10 OS system language.

  • Right click Start and click Settings.
  • Click on Time & Language and then click Language.
  • Under the Preferred languages section, click Add a preferred language.

Change SCCM Console Language

Search for the language you want on Windows 10. Select the language package from the list.

Change SCCM Console Language

Ensure you set the new language as display language. Click Install.

Change SCCM Console Language

Now launch Configuration Manager console. Notice that the new console language is now Spanish.

Change SCCM Console Language

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Prajwal Desai is a Microsoft MVP in Enterprise Mobility. He writes articles on SCCM, Intune, Configuration Manager, Microsoft Intune, Azure, Windows Server, Windows 11, WordPress and other topics, with the goal of providing people with useful information.
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  • Avatar photo Raf says:
    January 26, 2023 at 5:50 pm

    Really, this works for me. Thanks!

    Reply
  • Avatar photo Rolf says:
    March 30, 2022 at 10:57 am

    I got a big problem with the note “go to download folder”

    Which download folder ? where is it ? where are the language files ?

    Reply
  • Avatar photo Aaakash Raaj says:
    May 27, 2020 at 1:29 pm

    Thank you for this wonderful blog on SCCM. Its really an amazing blog to read. It has lots of information.

    Reply

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