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Asked: 2026-06-14T14:54:39+00:00

I use the following code to read current directory in Windows 7. The current

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I use the following code to read current directory in Windows 7. The current directory is C:\特斯塔敌人. The current locale is English(EN). I used getCurrentDirectoryW with the idea that it will properly read the directory path since the function is using unicode:

wchar_t w_pcRootLocation[MAX_PATH+100];
GetCurrentDirectoryW(MAX_PATH, w_pcRootLocation);
wcout << w_pcRootLocation << endl;

MAX_PATH is defined in WinDef.h and is equal to 260.

When I print the output to the console using wcout, what I see is only the following:

C:\

The Chinese characters are not read apparently. What is the issue here and how do I read the path in Unicode properly?

Thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    GetCurrentDirectoryW() is likely working fine. It’s the next bit that’s got problems.

    std::wcout is going to use the “C” locale. You’re going to need to adjust (imbue()) it appropriately to display your out of codepage glyphs. See this SO question for details.

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