Lpksetup Command-Line Options
You can use Lpksetup to perform unattended or silent-mode language pack operations.
Lpksetup runs only on an online Windows operating system.
Lpksetup.exe is available with all default Windows installations.
Lpksetup.exe Command-Line Options
The following command-line options are available for Lpksetup.exe.
lpksetup.exe {/i [{* | language}] | /u language} [/r] [/planguage_pack_path] [/s] [/f]
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
/i |
Installs the specified language packs. Cannot be used with the /u option. If you do not include * or language after the /i option, the program will start and you can install through the user interface (UI). |
* |
Specifies a wildcard character that represents all language packs found in language_pack_path or the directory where Lpksetup.exe is located. |
Language-REGION |
Specifies the language pack or packs to be installed or uninstalled. Use the format language-REGION for each language specified, where language is the lowercase ISO 639 language code and REGION is the uppercase ISO 3166-1 country/region identifier. |
/u |
Uninstalls the specified language packs. Cannot be used with the /i option. If you do not include language after the /u option, the program will start and you can uninstall through the UI. |
/r |
Suppresses the need to restart after an operation is complete. A message will be logged to the event log about the need to restart. |
/p language_pack_path |
Indicates the path of the language packs to install. path Can be a directory or a folder path. |
/s |
Performs a silent and unattended operation that requires no user input. The UI is suppressed. |
/f |
If the computer must restart, forces a restart even if there are other users logged on to the computer. |
Examples
This example installs all language packs that are located on installation media.
lpksetup.exe /i * /p <path>
This example uninstalls two language packs. Lpksetup will be started in GUI mode but will not require user intervention.
lpksetup.exe /u ja-JP es-ES
This example installs three language packs stored on a remote computer.
lpksetup.exe /i ja-JP en-US es-ES /r /s /p \\networkpath\languagepackfolder