Language bar suddenly appeared


  1. mickey megabyte
    Posts : 8,398
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    Language bar suddenly appeared


    after a bad crash trying to get an ancient game to play, my language bar suddenly appeared out of the blue.

    i have no need for it, so i chose it to be hidden, although i really would like todisable it completely, rather than just hide it.

    i also now a green 'EN' box appearing in my ctrl-alt-del screen as well.

    it's no major problem, but i would like to get rid of it if anyone knows how.
    Last edited by Brink; 02 Aug 2009 at 11:54.
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  3. usasma
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    Win7 x64 + x86
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    Try removing the additional language support in Regional and Language settings.
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  4. flibblesan
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    Windows 7 build 7600 x64
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    usasma said:
    Try removing the additional language support in Regional and Language settings.
    I have the same issue as the original poster and I do not know what you mean by your post. I have no additional languages installed, only English (UK). The language bar shows this and also English (US). The system local is set to UK also. I eventually just decided to hide the language bar.
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  6. mickey megabyte
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    usasma said:
    Try removing the additional language support in Regional and Language settings.
    i only have English (English) installed...

    and now i notice that the language bar only appears randomly, only one boot out of three on average - bizarre!

    i can live with it, but it's just strange...

    oh well, i may be installing windows Zeven soon, that'll cure it...
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  7. G2gCya
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    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
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    i found the solution, it's becoz ctfmon.exe wasn't being started during startup. it's responsible for the language bar application. i wonder why it wouldnt start automatically, it's a hassle to manually enabling it.
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