If you have ever tried to add Simplified Chinese to your Windows 11 or 10 machine only to see "Basic Typing" or "IME Dictionaries" stuck at 0% for hours, you are not alone. This is a notorious issue where the automated Features on Demand (FOD) download fails to trigger or complete.
The basic Chinese (Simplified, zh-CN) language feature package provides: If you have ever tried to add Simplified
: The .cab is corrupted, incomplete, or not properly signed. Also, DISM expects the .cab and its companion .mum (manifest) file in the same folder. or not properly signed. Also
The package name follows a standard Microsoft naming convention: If you have ever tried to add Simplified