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Set-Culture



This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'Set-Culture', in PowerShell version 4 - as retrieved from Windows version 'Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise' PowerShell help files on 2016-06-23.

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SYNOPSIS

Sets the user culture for the current user account.

SYNTAX


Set-Culture [-CultureInfo] <CultureInfo> [<CommonParameters>]



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DESCRIPTION


The Set-Culture cmdlet sets a specific culture (also known as a locale for unmanaged code development) for the current user account. The information includes the name
s for the culture, the writing system, the calendar, and formatting for dates and sort strings. For more information, see CultureInfo Class and Configurable Language
and Cultural Settings.



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RELATED LINKS


Online Version: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=287346
GetCulture Class



REMARKS

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Examples


Example 1

PS C:\>Set-Culture de-DE



This command sets the culture for the current user account to German (Germany).