EXISTING DEVICES: Standardise Windows regional behaviour to English (Australia) with minimal impact.

set-geo-to-en-au.ps1

#Requires -RunAsAdministrator
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Purpose:
Standardise Windows regional behaviour to English (Australia) with minimal impact.

Key Commands
Set-WinSystemLocale -SystemLocale en-AU
Set-Culture -CultureInfo en-AU
Set-WinHomeLocation -GeoId 12


This script:
- Ensures legacy (non-Unicode) applications use Australian locale
- Sets Australian date, time, currency, and number formats for the current user
- Sets Australia as the home location to ensure AU Store and regional services

It does NOT:
- Remove other user languages
- Change UI language forcibly
- Modify keyboards
- Set timezone
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Write-Output "Starting Australian regional configuration..."
Write-Output "Setting system locale to English (Australia) for legacy applications..."
Set-WinSystemLocale -SystemLocale en-AU

Write-Output "System locale set to en-AU. A reboot is required for this change to fully apply."

Write-Output "Setting user culture to English (Australia)..."
Set-Culture -CultureInfo en-AU

Write-Output "User culture set to en-AU (date, time, currency, and number formats)."
Write-Output "Setting home location to Australia for regional services and Microsoft Store..."

Set-WinHomeLocation -GeoId 12
Write-Output "Home location set to Australia."

Write-Output "Australian regional settings applied. A reboot is recommended."