What's the best way to change Windows language settings using Autoit?

[timmy2]

To change the language used by Windows GUI and the browser (Chrome in my case), the only method I've found that works is to go to Settings > Time & Language > Language > Preferred Language, switch the default from English to Spanish, sign out, and then upon signing in everything will be in Spanish as expected.

Besides automating the above process is there a more direct way to change Windows' settings using AutoIt?

[careca]

I would try the registry way

  Reveal hidden contents

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\CTF\SortOrder\Language]
"00000000"="00000409"
"00000001"="00000816"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International]
"Locale"="00000816"
"LocaleName"="pt-PT"
"s1159"="AM"
"s2359"="PM"
"sCountry"="Portugal"
"sCurrency"="€"
"sDate"="/"
"sDecimal"=","
"sGrouping"="3;0"
"sLanguage"="PTG"
"sList"=";"
"sLongDate"="dddd, d' de 'MMMM' de 'yyyy"
"sMonDecimalSep"=","
"sMonGrouping"="3;0"
"sMonThousandSep"=" "
"sNativeDigits"="0123456789"
"sNegativeSign"="-"
"sPositiveSign"=""
"sShortDate"="dd/MM/yyyy"
"sThousand"=" "
"sTime"=":"
"sTimeFormat"="HH:mm:ss"
"sShortTime"="HH:mm"
"sYearMonth"="MMMM' de 'yyyy"
"iCalendarType"="1"
"iCountry"="351"
"iCurrDigits"="2"
"iCurrency"="3"
"iDate"="1"
"iDigits"="2"
"NumShape"="1"
"iFirstDayOfWeek"="6"
"iFirstWeekOfYear"="2"
"iLZero"="1"
"iMeasure"="0"
"iNegCurr"="8"
"iNegNumber"="1"
"iPaperSize"="9"
"iTime"="1"
"iTimePrefix"="0"
"iTLZero"="1"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\Geo]
"Nation"="193"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Preload]
"1"="00000816"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Toggle]
"Hotkey"="3"
"Language Hotkey"="3"
"Layout Hotkey"="3"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Nls\Language]
"InstallLanguage"="0409"
"Default"="0409"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control\Nls\Language]
"InstallLanguage"="0409"
"Default"="0409"

 

 

 

 

[Nine]

#include <WinAPISysWin.au3>
#include <WinAPISys.au3>
#include <SendMessage.au3>

Local $sLayoutID = xxxx
Local $ret = _WinAPI_LoadKeyboardLayout ($sLayoutID, $KLF_REPLACELANG)
_SendMessage ($hWnd, $WM_INPUTLANGCHANGEREQUEST, 1, $ret)

You can read registry to know what language you have preloaded

[timmy2]

Thank @careca and @Nine. I experimented with your much appreciated suggestions but ended up simply creating two users profiles -- one for English users and one for Spanish.