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Fun fact: that's not true for all Windows localizations. For example, it's called "Programmi" (one word) in Italian. Renaming system folders depending on the u
by reddalo 11mo ago
Fun fact: that's not true for all Windows localizations. For example, it's called "Programmi" (one word) in Italian.
Renaming system folders depending on the user's language also seems like a smart way to force developers to use dynamic references such as %ProgramFiles% instead of hard-coded paths (but some random programs will spuriously install things in "C:\Program Files" anyway).
- nikeee 11mo agoThe folders actually have the English name in all languages. It's just explorer.exe that uses the desktop.ini inside those folders to display a localized name. When using the CLI, you can see that. At least it's like that since Windows 7. In windows XP, it actually used the localized names on disk.
- LtWorf 11mo agoAnd then half of your programs would be in "Program Files" because those people never knew windows had localizations.
- numpad0 11mo agoAnd then affected international users would have specific circumvention in place that specifically cannot work with UTF-8
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