Select OCR language from a code page

Verified with Windows 11 25H2 — updated on July 10, 2026

Supported on: At least Windows 7 through Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2

Path in the GPO console

Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Search\OCR

Description

This policy setting allows selecting of OCR (Optical Character Recognition) languages that belong to one of the supported code pages. If you enable this policy setting, the selected OCR languages are used in OCR processing during the indexing of TIFF files. The default system language is ignored unless it is among the selected OCR languages. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, only the default system language is used. All selected OCR languages must belong to the same code page. If you select languages from more than one code page, the entire OCR language selection is ignored and only the default system language is used. Re-indexing is not initiated when you enable this policy and selecting OCR languages. This policy setting only applies to the indexing of new files, unless re-indexing is initiated manually.

Registry

HKLM SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR

Value name: SelectOCRLangs

More options available

Options

Estonian

Estonian boolean - default: 0

Latvian

Latvian boolean - default: 0

Lithuanian

Lithuanian boolean - default: 0

Albanian

Albanian boolean - default: 0

Croatian

Croatian boolean - default: 0

Czech

Czech boolean - default: 0

Hungarian

Hungarian boolean - default: 0

Polish

Polish boolean - default: 0

Romanian

Romanian boolean - default: 0

Serbian Latin

SerbianLatin boolean - default: 0

Slovak

Slovak boolean - default: 0

Slovenian

Slovenian boolean - default: 0

Bulgarian

Bulgarian boolean - default: 0

Belarusian

Byelorussian boolean - default: 0

Macedonian (F.Y.R.O. Macedonia)

MacedoniaFYRO boolean - default: 0

Russian

Russian boolean - default: 0

Serbian

Serbian boolean - default: 0

Ukrainian

Ukrainian boolean - default: 0

Catalan

Catalan boolean - default: 0

Danish

Danish boolean - default: 0

Dutch

Dutch boolean - default: 0

English

English boolean - default: 0

Faroese

Faroese boolean - default: 0

Finnish

Finnish boolean - default: 0

French

French boolean - default: 0

German

German boolean - default: 0

Icelandic

Icelandic boolean - default: 0

Indonesian

Indonesian boolean - default: 0

Italian

Italian boolean - default: 0

Malay

Malaysian boolean - default: 0

Norwegian

Norwegian boolean - default: 0

Portuguese

Portuguese boolean - default: 0

Spanish

Spanish boolean - default: 0

Swedish

Swedish boolean - default: 0

Greek

Greek boolean - default: 0

Turkish

Turkish boolean - default: 0

Chinese (simplified)

Chinese (Simplified) boolean - default: 0

Chinese (traditional)

Chinese (Traditional) boolean - default: 0

Japanese

Japanese boolean - default: 0

Korean

Korean boolean - default: 0

Export Builder

BETA

Configure the state, scope and options, then generate .reg, PowerShell, Intune and SCCM outputs — or add the setting to a multi-setting collection.

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.reg file

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Exported from gporais.com
; Policy: Select OCR language from a code page
; State: Enabled
; Supported on: At least Windows 7 through Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR]
"SelectOCRLangs"=dword:00000001
"Estonian"=dword:00000000
"Latvian"=dword:00000000
"Lithuanian"=dword:00000000
"Albanian"=dword:00000000
"Croatian"=dword:00000000
"Czech"=dword:00000000
"Hungarian"=dword:00000000
"Polish"=dword:00000000
"Romanian"=dword:00000000
"SerbianLatin"=dword:00000000
"Slovak"=dword:00000000
"Slovenian"=dword:00000000
"Bulgarian"=dword:00000000
"Byelorussian"=dword:00000000
"MacedoniaFYRO"=dword:00000000
"Russian"=dword:00000000
"Serbian"=dword:00000000
"Ukrainian"=dword:00000000
"Catalan"=dword:00000000
"Danish"=dword:00000000
"Dutch"=dword:00000000
"English"=dword:00000000
"Faroese"=dword:00000000
"Finnish"=dword:00000000
"French"=dword:00000000
"German"=dword:00000000
"Icelandic"=dword:00000000
"Indonesian"=dword:00000000
"Italian"=dword:00000000
"Malaysian"=dword:00000000
"Norwegian"=dword:00000000
"Portuguese"=dword:00000000
"Spanish"=dword:00000000
"Swedish"=dword:00000000
"Greek"=dword:00000000
"Turkish"=dword:00000000
"Chinese (Simplified)"=dword:00000000
"Chinese (Traditional)"=dword:00000000
"Japanese"=dword:00000000
"Korean"=dword:00000000

More formats (PowerShell, Intune, SCCM)

PowerShell

# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Select OCR language from a code page
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows 7 through Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2

$path = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'SelectOCRLangs' -Value 1 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Estonian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Latvian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Lithuanian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Albanian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Croatian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Czech' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Hungarian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Polish' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Romanian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'SerbianLatin' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Slovak' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Slovenian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Bulgarian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Byelorussian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'MacedoniaFYRO' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Russian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Serbian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Ukrainian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Catalan' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Danish' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Dutch' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'English' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Faroese' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Finnish' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'French' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'German' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Icelandic' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Indonesian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Italian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Malaysian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Norwegian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Portuguese' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Spanish' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Swedish' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Greek' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Turkish' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Chinese (Simplified)' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Chinese (Traditional)' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Japanese' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Korean' -Value 0 -Type DWord

Intune XML

No direct Policy CSP / OMA-URI mapping for this policy. Use the Intune Remediation tab, or ingest the ADMX in Intune.

Intune Remediation

# === Detection script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Select OCR language from a code page
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows 7 through Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2

function Test-RegistryValue {
  param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Path,
    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Name,
    [object]$Expected,
    [ValidateSet('String', 'DWord', 'MultiString')][string]$Kind = 'String',
    [switch]$Absent
  )

  try {
    $item = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction Stop
  } catch {
    return $Absent.IsPresent
  }

  if ($Absent.IsPresent) { return $false }
  $actual = $item.$Name

  if ($Kind -eq 'DWord') { return ([int64]$actual) -eq ([int64]$Expected) }
  if ($Kind -eq 'MultiString') {
    $actualValues = @($actual)
    $expectedValues = @($Expected)
    if ($actualValues.Count -ne $expectedValues.Count) { return $false }
    for ($i = 0; $i -lt $expectedValues.Count; $i++) {
      if ([string]$actualValues[$i] -ne [string]$expectedValues[$i]) { return $false }
    }
    return $true
  }

  return [string]$actual -eq [string]$Expected
}

$checks = @(
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'SelectOCRLangs' -Expected 1 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Estonian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Latvian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Lithuanian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Albanian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Croatian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Czech' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Hungarian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Polish' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Romanian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'SerbianLatin' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Slovak' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Slovenian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Bulgarian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Byelorussian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'MacedoniaFYRO' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Russian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Serbian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Ukrainian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Catalan' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Danish' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Dutch' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'English' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Faroese' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Finnish' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'French' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'German' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Icelandic' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Indonesian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Italian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Malaysian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Norwegian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Portuguese' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Spanish' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Swedish' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Greek' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Turkish' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Chinese (Simplified)' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Chinese (Traditional)' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Japanese' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Korean' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
)

if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
  Write-Output 'Compliant'
  exit 0
}

Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1

# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Select OCR language from a code page
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows 7 through Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2

$path = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'SelectOCRLangs' -Value 1 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Estonian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Latvian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Lithuanian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Albanian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Croatian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Czech' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Hungarian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Polish' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Romanian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'SerbianLatin' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Slovak' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Slovenian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Bulgarian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Byelorussian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'MacedoniaFYRO' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Russian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Serbian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Ukrainian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Catalan' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Danish' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Dutch' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'English' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Faroese' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Finnish' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'French' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'German' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Icelandic' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Indonesian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Italian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Malaysian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Norwegian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Portuguese' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Spanish' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Swedish' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Greek' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Turkish' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Chinese (Simplified)' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Chinese (Traditional)' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Japanese' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Korean' -Value 0 -Type DWord

SCCM scripts

# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Select OCR language from a code page
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows 7 through Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2
# SCCM Configuration Item guidance:
# Create a Configuration Item of type "Setting: Script".
# Discovery script: use the Detection script below.
# Remediation script: use the Remediation script below.
# Compliance rule: the Discovery script output equals 'Compliant'.

# === Detection script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Select OCR language from a code page
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows 7 through Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2

function Test-RegistryValue {
  param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Path,
    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Name,
    [object]$Expected,
    [ValidateSet('String', 'DWord', 'MultiString')][string]$Kind = 'String',
    [switch]$Absent
  )

  try {
    $item = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction Stop
  } catch {
    return $Absent.IsPresent
  }

  if ($Absent.IsPresent) { return $false }
  $actual = $item.$Name

  if ($Kind -eq 'DWord') { return ([int64]$actual) -eq ([int64]$Expected) }
  if ($Kind -eq 'MultiString') {
    $actualValues = @($actual)
    $expectedValues = @($Expected)
    if ($actualValues.Count -ne $expectedValues.Count) { return $false }
    for ($i = 0; $i -lt $expectedValues.Count; $i++) {
      if ([string]$actualValues[$i] -ne [string]$expectedValues[$i]) { return $false }
    }
    return $true
  }

  return [string]$actual -eq [string]$Expected
}

$checks = @(
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'SelectOCRLangs' -Expected 1 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Estonian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Latvian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Lithuanian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Albanian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Croatian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Czech' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Hungarian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Polish' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Romanian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'SerbianLatin' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Slovak' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Slovenian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Bulgarian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Byelorussian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'MacedoniaFYRO' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Russian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Serbian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Ukrainian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Catalan' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Danish' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Dutch' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'English' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Faroese' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Finnish' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'French' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'German' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Icelandic' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Indonesian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Italian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Malaysian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Norwegian' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Portuguese' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Spanish' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Swedish' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Greek' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Turkish' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Chinese (Simplified)' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Chinese (Traditional)' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Japanese' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
  (Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR' -Name 'Korean' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
)

if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
  Write-Output 'Compliant'
  exit 0
}

Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1

# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Select OCR language from a code page
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows 7 through Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2

$path = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search\OCR'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'SelectOCRLangs' -Value 1 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Estonian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Latvian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Lithuanian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Albanian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Croatian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Czech' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Hungarian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Polish' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Romanian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'SerbianLatin' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Slovak' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Slovenian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Bulgarian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Byelorussian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'MacedoniaFYRO' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Russian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Serbian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Ukrainian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Catalan' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Danish' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Dutch' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'English' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Faroese' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Finnish' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'French' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'German' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Icelandic' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Indonesian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Italian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Malaysian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Norwegian' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Portuguese' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Spanish' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Swedish' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Greek' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Turkish' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Chinese (Simplified)' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Chinese (Traditional)' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Japanese' -Value 0 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'Korean' -Value 0 -Type DWord

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