Windows 7 boot manager not localized on UEFI system
Solution 1
If I'm right then it's just wrong bootloader setting.
You can use bcdedit
utility within running system, to set correct locale
.
- Run
cmd
as Administrator (typecmd
in win search dialog and run with ctrl + shift + enter) - Run
bcdedit
, findWindows boot loader
section with identifier{current}
- If there is
locale
set asen-US
, then run command :
(replace cs-CZ with your locale)
bcdedit /set {current} locale cs-CZ
If you don't know your locale look here
Alternatively you may suppress loading screen, with:)
bcdedit /set {current} quietboot yes
Solution 2
I encountered the same issue on two separate Greek Windows installations. It appears that, for some reason, Microsoft failed to include the correct localisation files for its UEFI boot loader.
A workaround I found is to replace these files with their BIOS boot counterparts. Since it is not exposed by default, you will have to temporarily assign your EFI System Partition (ESP) a drive letter using diskpart
. Below, "WP" refers to your Windows partition (C: in your case).
Copy files as follows:
- WP\Windows\System32\<locale>\winload.exe.mui --> WP\Windows\System32\<locale>\winload.efi.mui
- WP\Windows\System32\<locale>\winresume.exe.mui --> WP\Windows\System32\<locale>\winresume.efi.mui
- WP\Windows\Boot\PCAT\<locale>\memtest.exe.mui --> ESP\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\<locale>\memtest.efi.mui
After replacing these files, your boot screen, "Advanced boot options" menu (F8), hibernation resume screen and memory diagnostics tool should be localised.
karan punjabi
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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karan punjabi over 1 year
I'm running an Italian version of Windows 7, which includes a localized boot manager.
However, I recently replaced my motherboard with a new one based on UEFI firmware instead of BIOS (Asus Z87 Deluxe), and after installing the exact same copy of Windows 7 x64 I was running before, the boot manager is not localized anymore. The startup screen displays "Starting Windows" instead of its Italian translation, and pressing F8 brings up an English boot menu instead of a localized one.
This only happens at boot time; after booting, the system behaves normally and is fully localized.
I checked the boot settings using BCDEDIT, and all locales are correctly set to it-IT:
Windows Boot Manager -------------------- identificatore {bootmgr} device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1 path \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi description Windows Boot Manager locale it-IT inherit {globalsettings} default {current} resumeobject {9ef36aa6-4188-11e3-909d-d32f0c3871c8} displayorder {current} toolsdisplayorder {memdiag} timeout 30 Caricatore di avvio di Windows ------------------- identificatore {current} device partition=C: path \Windows\system32\winload.efi description Windows 7 locale it-IT inherit {bootloadersettings} recoverysequence {9ef36aa8-4188-11e3-909d-d32f0c3871c8} recoveryenabled Yes osdevice partition=C: systemroot \Windows resumeobject {9ef36aa6-4188-11e3-909d-d32f0c3871c8} nx OptIn
Why this behaviour, and how can I fix it?
Update 1
I noticed something strange here; the motherboard setup shows "Windows Boot Manager" as the main boot option, while the actual boot disk is listed as the second one. Looks like the Windows Boot Manager is actually being loaded from somewhere else than the first partition of the first disk... what's going on here?
Update 2
I've also checked the EFI boot manager using
bcdedit /enum FIRMWARE
. That one looks correctly localized, too:Boot Manager per firmware --------------------- identificatore {fwbootmgr} displayorder {bootmgr} {9ef36aa4-4188-11e3-909d-d32f0c3871c8} {a30e8550-47e4-11e3-9ad1-806e6f6e6963} timeout 1 Windows Boot Manager -------------------- identificatore {bootmgr} device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1 path \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi description Windows Boot Manager locale it-IT inherit {globalsettings} default {current} resumeobject {9ef36aa6-4188-11e3-909d-d32f0c3871c8} displayorder {current} toolsdisplayorder {memdiag} timeout 30 Applicazione firmware (101fffff) ------------------------------- identificatore {9ef36aa4-4188-11e3-909d-d32f0c3871c8} description CD/DVD Drive Applicazione firmware (101fffff) ------------------------------- identificatore {a30e8550-47e4-11e3-9ad1-806e6f6e6963} description Hard Drive
Update 3
I can confirm the same behaviour on a VMware (Workstation 10) virtual machine; using the same ISO for installation, when the VM firmware is configured for BIOS the boot manager is fully localized, while when it's configured for EFI it's configured for localization (all locales set to
it-IT
) but it actually runs in English.-
Ramhound over 10 yearsWas the same media used to install it on the new hardware ( or you simply talking about just the motherboard changed )?
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karan punjabi over 10 yearsIt's the exact same media. When running on a BIOS system the startup screen is localized, when running on a UEFI one it isn't.
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week over 10 yearsRun
bcdedit
in Administrators cmd and post what is inlocale
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karan punjabi over 10 yearsThe locale is set to it-IT.
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karan punjabi over 10 yearsI've revised the question, the whole boot manager is not localized, not only the loading screen.
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karan punjabi over 10 yearsThe locale is already set to it-IT.
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week over 10 yearsThen you may try suppressing load screen, to confirm that bcd is editing right registry file.
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SadBunny about 9 yearsIt's quietboot, not quetboot. But I can't edit this answer because the edit is less than 6 characters.
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karan punjabi over 8 yearsI can't test this anymore because I upgraded to Windows 8.1 (which doesn't have the same problem, and in which anyway the boot menu works completely differently); I'm inclined to believe your solution should work... but I wouldn't use it on a non-test system: boot files are a bit too critical to manually mess with them in unsupported ways.