PowerShell cmdLet Get-Culture

KeyboardLayoutId

The property KeyboardLayoutId (of the returned CultureInfo) is a number that identifes the current(?) culture's keyboard.

This number's eight-digit hexadecimal representation with leading zeroes is found in the registry under the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layouts. This key has the value Layout Text which provides a description for the keyboard layout id.

The following PowerShell script translates such a keyboard layout id to a text:

$kbdNum =  (get-culture).KeyboardLayoutId
$kbdHex = '{0:x8}' -f $kbdNum
$kbdReg =  get-itemProperty ('hklm:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layouts\' + $kbdHex )
$kbdTxt =  $kbdReg."Layout Text"

"Keyboard Layout ID $kbdNum ($kbdHex) corresponds to $kbdTxt"

Github repository about-PowerShell, path: /cmdlets/culture/get/KeyboardLayoutId.ps1

PowerShell cmdLet Get-Culture

KeyboardLayoutId

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