One of the most important tools for working with text is the language bar. How to restore it in case of loss? At the same time, all the necessary functions remain available, however, when switching layouts, it is not visible which of them the user is working at at a particular time. You can return the panel using system tools.
The application responsible for displaying the language bar
One of the Windows system applications is Ctfmon.exe. It is it that is responsible for the fact that the language bar disappears. When this program is running, the panel in question displays information about the language and layout used.
The application is launched using a special registry key.
The first way to restore the language bar
To do this, you need to use the control panel. Below is a step by step guide on how to get the language bar back.
In the control panel, click on the "Language" icon. Then go to "Advanced Options", check the box "Uselanguage bar. It is also placed opposite the item “Use … if it is available.”
Its parameters are configured:
- choose pinning to the taskbar if its presence is needed in a permanent mode;
- Users working with multimedia content care about screen space so they can hide this setting.
Second method, how to restore the language bar
It can be used if the above method didn't work.
If the language bar is missing, you need to check the autoload settings. If it is not there, then you need to add it by correcting some entries in the registry. You need to run regedit through the command line or by pressing the Win+R hotkeys and typing this word in the window that appears.
Moving to the HCU branch, then Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. In the right field, the context menu is called and a string parameter is created. It is given an arbitrary name. The following value is entered so that there is no situation when the language bar is not displayed:”ctfmon”=”CTFMON. EXE”. The quotation marks shown are entered along with the text.
After the steps taken, you may need to restart the OS.
Using these two described methods, you can answer the question of how to restore the language bar in relation to the considered OS versions Vista, 7, 8.1.
Starting Task Scheduler
In the OS in question, system failures sometimes occur. As a result, this maydisable some system services that are responsible for certain actions.
The following will show you how to return the language bar using this method:
- the context menu is called from the "My Computer" shortcut, "Management" is selected there;
- in the sidebar of the window that appears, go to "Services and Applications", then to "Services";
- in the list, "Task Scheduler" is found, which is double-clicked on;
- a window will open in which the following parameters are set: startup type - auto, status - running; then the computer restarts.
After loading the OS, the language bar should be in its original place.
Running ctfmon.exe on Windows XP
In the initial NT version of the OS in question, you can run this program in other ways. It should work so that there is no situation when the language bar is not displayed.
The context menu is called on the taskbar, in it you click on the "Task Manager". In the window that opens, go to the menu "File" - "New Task". The name of the program is entered, the changes entered are confirmed.
Windows is susceptible to viruses and tampering that could cause the system file of this program to disappear. In this case, the installation disk with the OS is inserted into the drive, a command line opens, in which the following text is entered: scf /ScanNow, after which the scan is expected to complete.
With thismethod, you can restore all previously deleted system files, including the one that interests us. In addition, if the language bar has disappeared, you can download its file from the Internet or from another computer on which the same OS is installed.
In most cases, this is enough to return the language bar to its place.
Windows XP control panel method
Here you need to click on the icon "Language and region. Standards. There - the transition to the tab "Languages". Click on the "Details" button. On the "Parameters" tab, we check the presence of at least two languages. If there is only one, then you need to add at least one more by clicking on the button of the same name.
In the "Input language" that appears, one of them is selected, which we may need, and the layout corresponding to this language is selected in the lower field. In the "Parameters" at the bottom, click on the "Language Bar" button. Here you need to check the box next to the item "Display the language bar on the desktop." Confirm the changes.
In this case, if the language bar disappeared before performing these steps, it should reappear after these steps.
Windows XP registry method
Carried out in the same way as described earlier. The only difference is that the value is C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe. The same value can be entered in newer versions as well. After that, a reboot is carried out, and the language bar is in its rightful place.
Returning the language bar in Windows 10
First you need to try enabling the language icon on the taskbar. To do this, open the "Parameters" of this OS and go there "Personalization" - "Taskbar" - "On / off system icons", after which the list contains the "Input indicator", which is set to the on position.
How to return the language bar in this OS using the control panel? Go to it in "Language" - "Advanced options" - "Switching input methods". Here you check the box next to "Use … if it is available", after which you go to "Parameters".
The following points are noted here:
- display text labels;
- pinned to taskbar;
- display additional icons.
Besides this, in this version of the OS, the panel in question can be restored through the registry in the same way as described above.
In closing
When answering the question of how to restore the language bar, you need to proceed from the fact that it is restored by system means, mainly using the registry editor or a simpler way, applying control panel settings. You can also use the task scheduler.
