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What does setting each of the four different "locale" values actually do in Windows? Date format? Currency? Decimal separator? Keyboard layout? CSV-file separator for Excel?
There are four available "Locales" to set when deploying Windows, but I am unable to distiguish between them even after deploying hundreds of systems in several countries. It would be useful to understand what each is for, and TechNet does not explain this clearly anywhere I've found.
- UserLocale
- Systemlocale
- InputLocale
- KeyboardLocale
nudl
Posted 2017-08-29T18:23:35.827
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1The user locale only applies to the current user. The system local applies to all users. The keyboard locale applies to the keyboard. "There are four available locales" - Where do you see these being offered? – Ramhound – 2017-08-29T18:25:16.317
@Ramhound I use these mostly in the customsettings.ini of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
– nudl – 2017-08-29T18:38:05.583I also find those in registry
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\UnattendSettings\International. – Biswapriyo – 2017-08-29T18:45:18.9931I made an attempt to answer your question. As for what the locale defines specifically, well anything that is a regional setting and is handled by the locale (i.e. en-us), far to many things to list everything though. The default currency Excel uses, unless you change it, is one of those things. – Ramhound – 2017-08-29T20:14:13.190