Using getCurrentDirectoryW Doesn't Read Non-locale Characters

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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.

Step through the code in the debugger and you'll see that `GetCurrentDirectoryW` is working just fine. The problem is with the `wcout`. (In other words, the Chinese characters were properly read. The problem occurs when *writing* them.) — Raymond Chen, Nov 18 '12 at 16:15

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:24

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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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answered Nov 18 '12 at 16:12

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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This question seems to have solved the issue for wcout...

wcout not writing wide character out to command prompt

It's worth checking with a debugger to make sure w_pcRootLocation does contain the characters.

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answered Nov 18 '12 at 16:13

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Using getCurrentDirectoryW Doesn't Read Non-locale Characters

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