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On the Windows Store Codex App, Chinese chat/model interaction works normally, but the desktop UI localization is incomplete. The interface shows mixed Simplified Chinese and English, especially in menu/settings/sidebar areas.

Root Cause

On the Windows Store Codex App, Chinese chat/model interaction works normally, but the desktop UI localization is incomplete. The interface shows mixed Simplified Chinese and English, especially in menu/settings/sidebar areas.

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Summary

On the Windows Store Codex App, Chinese chat/model interaction works normally, but the desktop UI localization is incomplete. The interface shows mixed Simplified Chinese and English, especially in menu/settings/sidebar areas.

Environment

  • OS: Windows
  • Store package: OpenAI.Codex_26.422.3464.0_x64__2p2nqsd0c76g0
  • App context version observed: 26.422.30944
  • Windows culture/region: zh-CN
  • Windows UI culture observed: en-US

Troubleshooting already tried

  • Re-registered the Microsoft Store app package successfully.
  • Confirmed package status is Ok.
  • Confirmed zh-CN resources exist in the installed package.
  • Launched the Store app executable with --lang=zh-CN; renderer/network processes received the flag, but the UI remained mixed Chinese/English.

Expected behavior

When Simplified Chinese is selected or detected, the desktop UI should be consistently localized into Simplified Chinese.

Actual behavior

The UI remains partially Chinese and partially English.

extent analysis

TL;DR

The issue might be resolved by ensuring the Windows UI culture is set to zh-CN and verifying that the app correctly handles this culture setting.

Guidance

  • Verify that the --lang=zh-CN flag is correctly propagated to all parts of the application, including the UI rendering code.
  • Check if there are any hardcoded language settings or fallbacks to English that might be causing the mixed localization.
  • Investigate if the zh-CN resources are correctly loaded and applied in the app's UI components, especially in menu/settings/sidebar areas.
  • Consider testing the app with a different language setting to see if the issue is specific to Simplified Chinese.

Example

No specific code snippet can be provided without more information about the app's implementation, but checking the language setting propagation might involve verifying code similar to:

// Pseudo-code example, actual implementation may vary
if (launchArgs.Contains("--lang=zh-CN")) {
    CultureInfo.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("zh-CN");
    // Ensure this setting is applied to all UI components
}

Notes

The issue seems to be related to the app's handling of the Windows UI culture setting. However, without more information about the app's internal implementation, it's difficult to provide a more specific solution.

Recommendation

Apply workaround: The best course of action seems to be to investigate and ensure the app correctly handles the zh-CN culture setting, as the issue might be due to a misconfiguration or a bug in the app's localization handling.

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When Simplified Chinese is selected or detected, the desktop UI should be consistently localized into Simplified Chinese.

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