# HG changeset patch
# User Wim Leflere <wim.leflere@gmail.com>
# Date 2021-04-09 09:22:03
# Node ID f1bcccbb2c393bc1a2f1a4375f218f661413bdaa
# Parent  a9437a8dc2f6e93c247648edbc73a7d91a8de966

Change: [win32] Use user UI language for initial language selection (#8973) (#8974)

diff --git a/src/os/windows/win32.cpp b/src/os/windows/win32.cpp
--- a/src/os/windows/win32.cpp
+++ b/src/os/windows/win32.cpp
@@ -629,9 +629,12 @@ wchar_t *convert_to_fs(const char *name,
 /** Determine the current user's locale. */
 const char *GetCurrentLocale(const char *)
 {
+	const LANGID userUiLang = GetUserDefaultUILanguage();
+	const LCID userUiLocale = MAKELCID(userUiLang, SORT_DEFAULT);
+
 	char lang[9], country[9];
-	if (GetLocaleInfoA(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_SISO639LANGNAME, lang, lengthof(lang)) == 0 ||
-	    GetLocaleInfoA(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_SISO3166CTRYNAME, country, lengthof(country)) == 0) {
+	if (GetLocaleInfoA(userUiLocale, LOCALE_SISO639LANGNAME, lang, lengthof(lang)) == 0 ||
+	    GetLocaleInfoA(userUiLocale, LOCALE_SISO3166CTRYNAME, country, lengthof(country)) == 0) {
 		/* Unable to retrieve the locale. */
 		return nullptr;
 	}