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Spell check not working on Microsoft Teams desktop
Dear jharmon , hope you are doing well.
I had the same problem - i.e. spell check is not working in teams. I deleted the content of the C:\Users\appdata\roaming\Microsoft\teams\dictionaries folder, restarted Teams, but the issue persisted.
This is how I solved the problem:
# I opened the log.txt file located in "C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Teams" folder.
# I found the following error "error -- spellCheckerService initialization failed: Message: es-419 is not a valid language code"
Which means es-49 (Spanish - Latin America) is not supported by the spellCheckerService.
# I removed Spanish - Latin America configuration from the preferred languages in Windows (I am using Windows 10): Windows Settings -> Time & Language -> Language -> Preferred Languages
# Restarted the computer (just to be on the safe side)
# Logged in on Teams --> and it worked.
Note: English-US is the default language in my computer. Yet, Teams tried to set the Spell Check service to Spanish Latin America for some reason.
Note2: In your case, the spellCheckerService may be trying to initialize using a different language.
Hope it helps,
-F
fabiortI can't seem to find the correct path you mentioned: "C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Teams". I get as far as "C:\Users\[user]\ then there is no appdata, no roaming folder/file. I was unable to find this error and : error -- spellCheckerService initialization failed: Message: es-419 is not a valid language code". My files don't provide this path either: Windows (I am using Windows 10): Windows Settings -> Time & Language -> Language -> Preferred Languages.
I've done the "enable spell checker" step from the settings. Still no luck. I'm using Windows 10 Enterprise. Any other thoughts would be really appreciated!
scottrell try going to %appdata% it will land you in the roaming profile and you can drill down from there.
I am finding that with the "New" Teams that it will underline a misspelled word but when you click on it you don't get a choice to correct it with.
I followed the path and there is nothing in the Dictionaries folder at all.