Thursday 28 July 2022

Language bar missing from taskbar Windows 7

Try the following:
- Open the Control Panel
- Go into the Regional and Language Options
- Open the Languages tab and click Details
- Go to Advanced, make sure the 2 boxes are unchecked (uncheck them if they are checked).
- Open the Settings tab and click on Language Bar
- Check the box: Show the Language bar on the desktop
- Confirm with OK.
 
 
 
 
 
2:-
The Language bar appears only if profiles are two or more keyboard installed

To install a different keyboard configuration, is in

"Control Panel"> "Regional and Language Options" then in the "Languages" tab, then click "Details"

You can click the "Add" and select a profile keyboard, any one, for example "French (Belgium)" or "French (Canada)" then click "Apply" and the Language bar will appear near your clock.

Otherwise, if you use a keyboard layout, the Language bar disappears, and only serves to change the keyboard layout.
 
 
3:-
To show the Language bar (using Classic view in Control Panel):

1. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Regional and
Language Options.
2. On the Languages tab, under Text services and input languages, click
Details.
3. Under Preferences, click Language Bar.
4. Select the Show the Language bar on the desktop check box.
 
 
4:-

goto control panel >language options >keyboard and language options>change keyboard>language bar(second tab)>select integrated into taskbar

 

This method will enable the startup service required for language bar, when your all settings are correct as mentioned above.

Go to Registry editor by typing ‘ regedit’ in Run dialog box. Go to the following location,

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

 

Right Click on blank space in right side, select New String Value.

 

Again right click on newly created value and press modify, then type as below.

“ctfmon”=”CTFMON.EXE”

 Press OK, restart your computer. Now you can see the language bar in vista or Windows 7.