Can’t get rid of ‘Language bar’ toolbar (XP any)

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If I get rid of the tick in front of “Language bar” in the Toolbars, the “EN” icon in what used to be called the System Tray at the bottom right-hand-side of the screen goes away. Until I reboot, or log off/on. Then it comes back again!

Is there any way to stop the icon returning? It’s just a small annoyance…!

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Try Start | Settings
Click Date, Time, Language and Regional Options (if you use Category View) then Regional and Language options.
Activate the Languages tab.
Click Details…
Activate the Settings tab (if necessary)
Click Language Bar…
Make sure that the “Show the Language bar on the desktop” and “Show additional Language bar icons in the taskbar” check boxes are clear.
OK your way out.

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Thanks, Hans, there was previously a tick in the “Show the language bar on the desktop”!

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Thanks, Hans, there was previously a tick in the “Show the language bar on the desktop”!

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I am trying to make my language bar appear – but the language bar button is greyed out.

Any suggestions?

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Melissa,
Go to the Advanced tab in the Text Services and Input Languages screen and make sure that “Turn off advanced text services” is unchecked. If this is checked, the language bar is disabled. You can also view whether or not this “service” is running by using msconfig. If “ctfmon.exe” is shown in “Startup”, the language bar is running. If it has been unchecked, it is not running.

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Thanks for that – “Turn off advanced text services” is unchecked I tried turning it off & on again – no change.

ctfmon.exe is not listed on msconfig – cthelper.exe is
Also, there is now no language bar listed when I right-click the taskbar.

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Cthelper is Sound Blaster related. Leave “Turn off advanced text services” unchecked and try copying ctfmon.exe (Windows/System32 folder) to your Startup folder and see if this resolves the problem. If not, then you may have a corrupt file. If this is the case, sfc /scannow may be the solution.

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Well I have managed to fix the problem.

What happened was that I had accidentally deleted “English (United States) Keyboard US” from the Installed Services List while still having “English (United States) – US” as the Default Input Language. (Though looking at my earlier screenshot that wasn’t the case! Hmmm, something weird is going on!)

This means that the language settings were confusing themselves because the default input language was not one of the installed services.

I fixed the problem by reinstalling “English (United States) Keyboard US” and then changing the Default Input Language to “English (Australia) – US”

Hooray!

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Cthelper is Sound Blaster related. Leave “Turn off advanced text services” unchecked and try copying ctfmon.exe (Windows/System32 folder) to your Startup folder and see if this resolves the problem. If not, then you may have a corrupt file. If this is the case, sfc /scannow may be the solution.

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Thanks for that – “Turn off advanced text services” is unchecked I tried turning it off & on again – no change.

ctfmon.exe is not listed on msconfig – cthelper.exe is
Also, there is now no language bar listed when I right-click the taskbar.

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Melissa,
Go to the Advanced tab in the Text Services and Input Languages screen and make sure that “Turn off advanced text services” is unchecked. If this is checked, the language bar is disabled. You can also view whether or not this “service” is running by using msconfig. If “ctfmon.exe” is shown in “Startup”, the language bar is running. If it has been unchecked, it is not running.

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I am trying to make my language bar appear – but the language bar button is greyed out.

Any suggestions?

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Try Start | Settings
Click Date, Time, Language and Regional Options (if you use Category View) then Regional and Language options.
Activate the Languages tab.
Click Details…
Activate the Settings tab (if necessary)
Click Language Bar…
Make sure that the “Show the Language bar on the desktop” and “Show additional Language bar icons in the taskbar” check boxes are clear.
OK your way out.

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