Windows 8.1 apps downloaded during developer preview install in Chinese on RTM (MS requsted I post this here for script to fix this)

Hello
Ever since updating to the RTM version of Windows 8.1 on every PC I have updated and signed into using my Microsoft account whenever I try to install any 8.1 app I installed onto the developer preview version it will always install in Chinese which makes
using the app impossible for me.
This happens on all PCs I have updated/used including:
Surface RT (Windows 8.1 RT)
Surface 2 (Windows 8.1 RT)
Dell OptiPlex 990 (Windows 8.1 Pro)
Dell OptiPlex 790 (Windows 8.1 Pro)
Sony Tap 20" (Windows 8.1 Pro)
The language settings of the Microsoft store and all the computers are all set to UK English and as soon as I do a fresh install of the UK version of Windows 8.1 and sign into my Microsoft account then certain apps will always install in Chinese (when in
the store it says you already own this app and can install it on this PC - when I do it is in Chinese. When the app has not been installed before or was not installed when I had the developer preview then it will install in English).
This has been driving me mad for months and I previously posted this question back in October in the Office 2013 forums as I first noticed the issue with the OneNote app but it was never resolved:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/448670ae-4494-4a55-8cee-d9f1c9873db7/onenote-windows-81-app-changed-to-chinese-and-cannot-work-out-how-to-change-to-english?forum=officeitpro#448670ae-4494-4a55-8cee-d9f1c9873db7
I then posted it a few days ago here:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-windows_store/windows-81-apps-downloaded-during-developer/5dcd0df7-edfe-420e-8737-6a48922969e1
I have now been asked by a Microsoft Support engineer to post the question here as they said a script can be provided which I can use to fix this.
I think I just need to clear the fact that I have previously installed these apps as maybe some bug in the developer preview set them to Chinese and it seems to remember this setting. I cannot understand any Chinese so this makes these apps unusable.
The only other option I can think of is to create a new Microsoft account but I would rather not have to do this.
Some of the apps affected include the OneNote app and the HP scanner app. I have uninstalled most others and found alternatives.
Thanks
Robin
Robin Wilson

Hello jrv
I managed to run the script but cannot really see how it is any different to uninstalling the apps in the normal way except for the fact that you can uninstall multiple apps at once.
This exact same problem happens on a surface 1, a surface 2 and multiple machines running either Pro or Enterprise. It is not one machine but every machine running 8.1.
I have not upgraded from the Developer Preview version on any of my machines and always do a fresh install but what I am saying is that I did use the same Microsoft account during that time and it seems to have some record of the apps I installed at that
time and thinks I want them installed now in Chinese.
The only thing in common on the 7 machines I have tried (including the 2 surfaces) is that I have joined them to my Microsoft account and the problem seems to be with the Microsoft account and not with all the machines.
To replicate this I can go to any Windows 8.1 machine and join it to my Microsoft account and this will put certain apps from the store into Chinese and I can find no way to stop this. I am pretty confident that the issue is with the Microsoft account or
a setting that is synchronising from there.
The workaround is to sign into a different Microsoft account and this installs them correctly on the same machine.
I would appreciate any help with clearing out my history of installed apps without having to create a new Microsoft account.
Thanks
Robin
Robin Wilson

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