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Set-Culture



This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'Set-Culture', in PowerShell version 5 - as retrieved from Windows version 'Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard' 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 names 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).