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The thread addresses a Windows 8 issue where the keyboard language indicator in the taskbar has disappeared. The original poster seeks a simple registry solution to restore the indicator, while a respondent provides step-by-step instructions to manually enable the language bar through the Control Panel's regional and language settings. Overall, the discussion offers practical solutions, with the latter focusing on manual setup rather than registry edits.
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pstein

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Occasionally I want to switch between different keyboard languages (english/german/russian).

Therefore I used in the past the keyboard change indicator menu in Taskbar/Systray.

However recently this indicator disappeared.

How can I Windows 8 tell to re-show it again?

If possible I would prefer to have a registry key + value so that I can create a *.reg script
which does the job simply by double clicking.

Thank you
Peter
 

Solution
Gavin Oscur
To overcome this issue, please follow the steps are given below:
  • Open Regional and Language Options – Start > Control Panel > Date >Time > Language & regional options> Click on Regional and Language options.
[ Language icon is available only if you have already added multiple language in Control Panel]
  • On the Language tab under ‘Text Service and Input Languages’ option click Details.
  • Under preferences, select Language bar> Select Show additional bar icons from the Notification area check box.
  • Click OK three times and click language icon or Keyboard icon on the task bar to display Menu

Hope this helps..
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Gavin Oscur

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To overcome this issue, please follow the steps are given below:
  • Open Regional and Language Options – Start > Control Panel > Date >Time > Language & regional options> Click on Regional and Language options.
[ Language icon is available only if you have already added multiple language in Control Panel]
  • On the Language tab under ‘Text Service and Input Languages’ option click Details.
  • Under preferences, select Language bar> Select Show additional bar icons from the Notification area check box.
  • Click OK three times and click language icon or Keyboard icon on the task bar to display Menu

Hope this helps..
 

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