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I've been following this explanation to change the default language from Spanish to English on my Windows 10 Home Single Language edition (yes, I know, naughty). In a fit of frustration, I accidentally managed to delete the last language pack being used by the OS and reboot the PC. The horror.

Now the OS fails to boot even on Safe Mode and it also fails when attempting a clean restore. I believe there is a simple solution to this issue which involves installing the language pack I deleted from the command line, but I can't figure out how to go about it. I tried running "dism /Online /Get-Packages" and got this error message in Spanish:

"DISM no admite la prestación de servicio a Windows PE con la opción /Online"

Which roughly translates to:

"DISM does not support servicing Windows PE with the /Online option"

Could anyone knowledgeable in the matter help me sort this out? I'm open to other solutions, whatever they might be.

Thanks!

Ignacio Rosa
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After some trial and error and some furious googling I managed to do it exactly the way I suggested.

Here's the exact command I used for the trouble.

dism /Image:D:\ /Add-Package /PackagePath:C:/Users/Nacho/Downloads/Setups/Microsoft-Windows-Client-Language-Pack_x64_en-us.cab

"/Image:D:\" refers to the drive letter which the Windows folder is located. For some reason on Windows PE my drive letters were reverted so D:\ is my OS drive while C:\ is my secondary drive.

You can check which one to use by running dir C:\ If the Windows folder is on the list, that's the one. Else move on to D:\, E:\ and so on.

"/PackagePath:..." refers to the location of the package I had previously downloaded.

Hope this helps someone someday!

Ignacio Rosa
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