Does the default Windows installation folder differ on non-English locales?












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By default, Windows is installed to C:Windows for English editions (the drive letter can differ).



Does this differ for non-English editions, or for those that use different character sets?



Note: I found out that the name of the Program Files folders does change by locale, but haven't found anything about the Windows directory.










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    By default, Windows is installed to C:Windows for English editions (the drive letter can differ).



    Does this differ for non-English editions, or for those that use different character sets?



    Note: I found out that the name of the Program Files folders does change by locale, but haven't found anything about the Windows directory.










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      By default, Windows is installed to C:Windows for English editions (the drive letter can differ).



      Does this differ for non-English editions, or for those that use different character sets?



      Note: I found out that the name of the Program Files folders does change by locale, but haven't found anything about the Windows directory.










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      By default, Windows is installed to C:Windows for English editions (the drive letter can differ).



      Does this differ for non-English editions, or for those that use different character sets?



      Note: I found out that the name of the Program Files folders does change by locale, but haven't found anything about the Windows directory.







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          Not that I am aware. On all european languages I can confirm you windows folder is still C:Windows, and I suspect this will be the same for different charsets, although I can't confirm the last fact.






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            AFAIK, Windows Directory can be identified by CSIDL_WINDOWS and by %SystemRoot% on all systems, so if you need to find that folder, use that indirection... that should also identify the folder if someone has moved Windows.

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          Not that I am aware. On all european languages I can confirm you windows folder is still C:Windows, and I suspect this will be the same for different charsets, although I can't confirm the last fact.






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            AFAIK, Windows Directory can be identified by CSIDL_WINDOWS and by %SystemRoot% on all systems, so if you need to find that folder, use that indirection... that should also identify the folder if someone has moved Windows.

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          Not that I am aware. On all european languages I can confirm you windows folder is still C:Windows, and I suspect this will be the same for different charsets, although I can't confirm the last fact.






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            AFAIK, Windows Directory can be identified by CSIDL_WINDOWS and by %SystemRoot% on all systems, so if you need to find that folder, use that indirection... that should also identify the folder if someone has moved Windows.

            – DrMoishe Pippik
            Jan 22 at 22:34














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          Not that I am aware. On all european languages I can confirm you windows folder is still C:Windows, and I suspect this will be the same for different charsets, although I can't confirm the last fact.






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          Not that I am aware. On all european languages I can confirm you windows folder is still C:Windows, and I suspect this will be the same for different charsets, although I can't confirm the last fact.







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            AFAIK, Windows Directory can be identified by CSIDL_WINDOWS and by %SystemRoot% on all systems, so if you need to find that folder, use that indirection... that should also identify the folder if someone has moved Windows.

            – DrMoishe Pippik
            Jan 22 at 22:34














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            AFAIK, Windows Directory can be identified by CSIDL_WINDOWS and by %SystemRoot% on all systems, so if you need to find that folder, use that indirection... that should also identify the folder if someone has moved Windows.

            – DrMoishe Pippik
            Jan 22 at 22:34








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          AFAIK, Windows Directory can be identified by CSIDL_WINDOWS and by %SystemRoot% on all systems, so if you need to find that folder, use that indirection... that should also identify the folder if someone has moved Windows.

          – DrMoishe Pippik
          Jan 22 at 22:34





          AFAIK, Windows Directory can be identified by CSIDL_WINDOWS and by %SystemRoot% on all systems, so if you need to find that folder, use that indirection... that should also identify the folder if someone has moved Windows.

          – DrMoishe Pippik
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