Special Considerations for Japanese Language Settings

This section describes key points to keep in mind when configuring Japanese language settings for your AppStream 2.0 users.

AWS CLI

Changing the Windows system locale to Japanese requires that your image builder have AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) version 1.16.30 or later installed. To update the version of AWS CLI on your image builder, follow the steps in Installing the AWS Command Line Interface.

Japanese Keyboards

If your image builder input method is set to Japanese when you create an image, AppStream 2.0 automatically configures your image to use a Japanese keyboard. Any fleets that use the image are also automatically configured to use Japanese keyboards. However, if you want to use a Japanese keyboard within your image builder session, update the following registry settings for the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters registry key:

After changing these settings, restart your image builder. To do so, choose the Windows Start button, and choose Windows PowerShell. In PowerShell, use the restart-computer cmdlet.