How to activate the Windows 10 language bar

The Language Bar is very useful especially on equipment purchased abroad. But this Language Bar may not be available in your workspace, perhaps because it was mistakenly removed or intentionally hidden. This tutorial will teach you how to restore it in its proper place.

How to activate the Windows 10 language bar

A quick way to activate the Language Bar in Windows 10 is by using the Win + R keys and typing ctfmon.exe in the Run window, and then clicking OK . However, after this step and after restarting the computer, it may disappear again. Here we tell you how to do so that this does not happen.

If you use alternative languages ​​in Windows 10, then surely you have found and used the Language Bar . This is a very convenient feature that appears on the screen and allows you to quickly change the language or keyboard layout without having to continually search the Control Panel .

When another language or design is added, the bar should appear automatically. If for some reason this is not the case, we are here to show you how it is activated (and if for some reason you do not like the Language Bar , you can use the same instructions to get rid of it).

First of all, open the Control Panel . Here, go to Language > Advanced Settings > Use desktop language bar when available .

Activate the check box if you want to activate the Language Bar or deactivate it if you don't want to have it available. Click Save and you're done.

Knowing how to enable and disable the Language Bar can make a big difference in how easy it is to switch between languages, and if you didn't know it, you've surely been wasting a lot of time looking for how to do it.

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