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Windows 11 UE foreign language UI (Chinese) - bad installer path in winget and persistent settings (fixed)

Windows 11 UE foreign language UI (Chinese) - bad installer path in winget and persistent settings (fixed)

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Post13:20 - Mar 29#1

Summary:
Hope this helps anyone else running into this—this one is tricky because it survives reinstall unless AppData is cleared.

UltraEdit may unexpectedly switch to a Chinese UI after updating via WinGet. This is not caused by Windows language settings or malware. The root cause is a WinGet package issue that installs a Chinese-localized build, combined with UltraEdit persisting language settings in user profile data.

This has a bug report in winget <https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/issues/335903> which has been open since Feb 2. 

Symptom
  • UltraEdit launches in Simplified Chinese UI, even on an English Windows system (en-US)
  • Persists after uninstall/reinstall
  • May appear “random” or happen after reopening the app
  • Only UltraEdit is affected (other apps remain English)
Cause
  • The WinGet package for UltraEdit currently references a Chinese installer (ue_chinese_64.exe) despite indicating en-US locale
  • When this version is installed or upgraded via WinGet, UltraEdit initializes in Chinese
  • UltraEdit then persists this language setting in: %APPDATA%\IDMComp\UltraEdit\
  • Subsequent reinstalls reuse this persisted setting, even when using the correct (English) installer
Required Fix (Clean Reset)
  1. Uninstall UltraEdit
  2. Delete:
    %APPDATA%\IDMComp
  3. Reinstall UltraEdit using the official English installer from:
    https://www.ultraedit.com/downloads/
  4. Launch UltraEdit → UI should now be English
Temporary Workaround
  • Avoid using WinGet to install or update UltraEdit - Use the official installer or built-in updater instead
  • Pin the package to prevent accidental upgrades: winget pin add IDMComputerSolutions,Inc.UltraEdit
Additional Notes
  • This is not malware or caused by Windows language settings or system locale
  • Issue is reproducible and tied specifically to WinGet installation/update path
  • A corresponding issue has been reported in the WinGet repository: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/issues/335903
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Post14:55 - Mar 29#2

Thanks to let other users of UltraEdit know about this WinGet installer configuration issue.

You have hopefully reported this issue also by email or with the technical support form to the support of UltraEdit, Inc. as otherwise it could be that nobody of UltraEdit, Inc. is aware of this WinGet installer configuration issue.

I have reported in February two issues with the all-in-one installers ue_allinone.exe and ues_allinone.exe of UltraEdit/UEStudio 2025.2.0.8 and both installer issues are fixed with the all-in-one installers of UltraEdit/UEStudio 2025.2.0.21 as it can be read on the UltraEdit for Windows latest changes and the UEStudio latest changes pages.
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Post20:42 - Mar 29#3

The "winget using the Chinese installer" issue is definitely not fixed, I just verified today with:

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winget show IDMComputerSolutions,Inc.UltraEdit
points to 

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Installer Url: https://downloads.ultraedit.com/main/ue/win/ue_chinese_64.exe
There's a comment from jpickle-idera on the GitHub issue who's labeled as principal architect for UltraEdit that he has created a pull request for the manifest file. He seems pretty irritated that the winget team has not updated it yet.

Post20:59 - Mar 29#4

Sent this to [email protected]

This is from https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/issues/335903 but jpickle-idera asked me to file here as well.

Two issues:

1. Winget is using the Chinese installer on Windows 11. That's not an issue you can fix but issue #2 makes it difficult to resolve without additional steps.

Steps to reproduce:
  • Run

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    winget show IDMComputerSolutions,Inc.UltraEdit
  • Note return of

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    Installer Url:  https://downloads.ultraedit.com/main/ue/win/ue_chinese_64.exe
2. Uninstalling the Chinese version on Windows 11 and reinstalling from the downloaded English version at https://downloads.ultraedit.com/main/ue/win/ue_allinone.exe does not resolve the issue because UltraEdit does not completely uninstall and leaves configuration files in C:\ProgramData, C:\Program Files and %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\IDMComp that the installer picks up on a re-install and initializes as simplified Chinese again.

Steps to reproduce:
  1. On a clean Windows system, install UltraEdit with Winget

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    winget install DMComputerSolutions,Inc.UltraEdit
  2. Launch UltraEdit. Note simplified Chinese UI from winget manifest specified install.
  3. Uninstall UltraEdit from Installed Apps menu.
  4. Search for IDM folders. Note folders in C:\ProgramData and other directories.
  5. Download English version of UltraEdit from https://www.ultraedit.com/downloads/ and install.
  6. Note Chinese UI still present on launch.
Requested fix:

UltraEdit should remove all configuration files on uninstall.

Post11:22 - Apr 03#5

Final update: The winget installer issue has been addressed.
UE tech support wrote:We have worked with Winget so that in the future, they should only accept manifests with download information regarding updated builds of UltraEdit from us. This should prevent incorrect download links from being used for the upgrade process.
Winget shows the correct installer:

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winget show ultraedit
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Installer Url: https://downloads.ultraedit.com/main/ue/win/ue_allinone.exe
And installing with winget provides the correct version.