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The frenchlocale tag on WindowsForum.com covers issues related to Windows 11 installation when the system locale or language settings differ from the installation media. A common problem occurs when attempting to upgrade to Windows 11 24H2 on a PC set to English but located in France, leading to the error 'Your files, apps, and settings can't be kept because you've chosen to install Windows 11 using a different language than you're currently using.' This tag includes discussions about resolving such locale mismatches, preserving user data during upgrades, and troubleshooting update download failures. Topics may involve regional settings, language packs, and in-place upgrade limitations.
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Windows 11 24H2_English, "Your files, apps, and settings can't be kept...
In trying many ways to get the list of many pending updates to download. I tried 24H2 for English and it looked like it would work BUT it said: "Your files, apps, and settings can't be kept because you've chosen to install windows 11 using a different language than you're currently using." My...- Henrythe8th
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