Sometimes, even after enabling the Language bar in your Windows Control Panel, you may find that the Language bar is missing. It may disappear completely and become visible only when UAC prompts you to switch to the administrator account. The possible reason for this problem could be the addition of just a single language as an input language.
Remember, the Language bar will be displayed on the taskbar or desktop, only when you select more than one language as input language. Be sure your second language is listed in the input language list. If not, you can add it by pressing Add button to add another language.
If you find that your Language Bar is still missing, here is what you may try.
Language Bar missing from Taskbar in Windows 11/10
In Windows 11, open Settings > Time & language > Advanced keyboard settings. Click on Language bar option, and a new Test Services and Input Languages box will open.
In Windows10, open Settings > Time and Language > Language settings. Click on Keyboard to open the following settings:
Now, for either Windows 11 or Windows 10, under the Switching Input Methods, you will see a checkbox for Use the desktop language bar when it’s available. Select it.
Next click on Language bar options.
In the Text Services and Input Languages box that opens, select the Language Bar tab.
Set your preferences here.
Next, select the Advanced Key Settings tab.
You can change the language bar hotkeys or key sequence here.
Related: Cannot switch between input languages using Hotkey.
In Windows 7, open Registry Editor and navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Check for a string parameter named CTFMon. If it exists, ensure that its path is set to C:\Windows\system32\ctfmon.exe. If not, create this String Value. Restart your computer.
Now click on the Language Bar icon that you will now on the taskbar and select Show the Language bar.
To hide the Language bar, select Close the Language bar.
You can also control the behavior of the Language bar via the Contol Panel > Region & Language > Keyboards & Languages tab > Change keyboards > Language bar tab.
I hope the changes made in Windows are clear.
Thanks a lot. The registry workaroud worked for me in Windows 8.1 Single Language.
Man thanks a lot Your the best worked for me win 8.1.I have been looking for this like 3 days ago.
tried everything and nothing works except in safe mode.
Thanks But
Like you’ve said, theres something different in windows 8, and you can just click that thing and the settings just pop up
Mine was disappeared and when I “restore” it, it became the older version of language bar like it was in XP,
do you have any solutions for this? Thanks
thank you,but still there is a problem i cant solve. i did all the things but after restart i just have the language bar for 1 Sec and then it disappeared again .now i select floating on desktop to see my keyboard languages to have them but can you help me have it on taskbar again? i dont know why it disappeared.i have Windows 8.1 .
Unable to restrore language bar for windows 10. By oversight deleted language bar
I have no Microsoft credentials whatsoever, but can tell you that the proposed Regedit solution doesn’t work for Win 8.1. What does work, however, is to instead create a string at the same location in regedit.exe (“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE” -> “SOFTWARE” -> “Microsoft” -> “Windows” -> “CurrentVersion” -> “Run”) with the data value set to ‘”ctfmon”=”CTFMON.EXE”‘ (including the two pairs of quotes). Name it whatever you want, exit Regedit, restart the computer, and voila, hours of frustration finally finds its master. The Spaghetti Monster blesses you!
Oh well, apparently, I was wrong in saying that the solution of the article hasn’t helped some people. Sorry. However, for those of you still struggling, hopefully my posting will help.
Thanks a lot, This CTFMon thing fixed my language bar issue with Windows 8.
WTF? – the title of this post is “Restore: Language Bar missing in Windows 10″…but your instructions are for Windows 7.
Pls read the post again. Instructions are given for Windows 7 as well as Windows 10/8.1.