Specify a Default Display Language - Amazon AppStream 2.0

Specify a Default Display Language

There are two ways to specify the default display language for your users’ streaming sessions. Use the AppStream 2.0 default application and Windows settings feature, or configure your image builder while signed in with an account that has local administrator permissions. The procedure in this section describes how to specify a default display language by using the AppStream 2.0 default application and Windows settings feature.

Note

Changing the display language in Windows also automatically changes the user locale and input method to match the language and region of the display language. If you want all three settings to match, you do not need to separately change the user locale or input method.

  1. Connect to the image builder that you want to use and sign in with the Template User account. To do so, do either of the following:

    • Use the AppStream 2.0 console (for web connections only)

    • Create a streaming URL (for web or AppStream 2.0 client connections)

      Note

      If the image builder that you want to connect to is joined to an Active Directory domain and your organization requires smart card sign in, you must create a streaming URL and use the AppStream 2.0 client for the connection. For information about smart card sign in, see Smart Cards.

    Template User lets you create default application and Windows settings for your users. For more information, see "Creating Default Application and Windows Settings for Your AppStream 2.0 Users" in Default Application and Windows Settings and Application Launch Performance in Amazon AppStream 2.0.

  2. On the image builder desktop, choose the Windows Start button, and choose Control Panel.

  3. Choose Clock, Language, and Region, then Language, Add a language.

  4. Choose a language, and choose Add.

    Note

    Currently, AppStream 2.0 supports only English (United States) and Japanese.

  5. The language that you selected appears in the list of languages you added to Windows. Choose the language that you just added. Then choose Move up until the language appears at the top of the language list.

  6. Choose Advanced Settings. Under Override for Windows display language, choose your language from the list.

  7. If you want to use the input method associated with the language that you added, under Override for default input method, choose the input method for the language.

  8. Choose Save. When prompted to log off, choose Log off now.

  9. When prompted, log in again to the image builder as Template User. Confirm that Windows is using the display language that you selected.

  10. In the upper right area of the image builder desktop, choose Admin Commands, Switch User.

    Admin Commands dropdown menu with Switch User option highlighted.

  11. When prompted, log in as Administrator.

  12. If required, configure additional default regional or language settings. Otherwise, on the image builder desktop, open Image Assistant and install and configure applications for streaming.

  13. In Step 2 of the Image Assistant process, choose Save settings.

  14. Follow the necessary steps in Image Assistant to finish creating your image. For information about how to create an image, see Tutorial: Create a Custom AppStream 2.0 Image by Using the AppStream 2.0 Console.

  15. Do one of the following:

  16. Associate your fleet with the stack that is assigned to the users for whom you are configuring the default settings.

    The default display language and associated user locale and input method settings that you configured are applied to the fleet instances and user streaming sessions that are launched from those instances.

    Alternatively, you can configure a default display language while logged in to the image builder as Administrator. If you chose different display languages while you were logged in under the Template User and Administrator accounts and you chose Save settings in Step 2 of the Image Assistant process, the Template User settings take precedence.

Note

Your users can change their user locale and input method from the default settings that you configured. They can change to any one of 11 different supported locales and nine different supported input methods. To do so, they can configure their regional settings during application streaming sessions, as described in Enable Your AppStream 2.0 Users to Configure Their Regional Settings. Also, if a user previously selected a user locale or input method when streaming from any fleet instance in the same Region, those user-specified settings automatically override any default user locale and input method that you specify through your image builder.