AutoIt - Get Operating System (OS) Language

Macro Name: @OSLang

Returns the code denoting OS Language. See Microsoft OS Language Identifier Constants and Strings for possible values.

Example is provided below:

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>

MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "The language code of the OS is: " & @OSLang & @CRLF & _
                            "The language name of the OS is: " & _GetLanguage())

;Retrieve the language of the operating system.
Func _GetLanguage()
    Switch @OSLang
        Case "0407"
            Return "German"
        Case "0409"
            Return "English"
        Case "040A"
            Return "Spanish"
        Case "040B"
            Return "Finnish"
        Case "040C"
            Return "French"
        Case "0410"
            Return "Italian"
        Case "0411"
            Return "Japanese"
        Case "0413"
            Return "Dutch"
        Case "0414"
            Return "Norwegian"
        Case "0415"
            Return "Polish"
        Case "0416"
            Return "Portuguese"
        Case "041D"
            Return "Swedish"

        Case Else
            Return "Other (can't determine with @OSLang directly)"
    EndSwitch
EndFunc   ;==>_GetLanguage

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