[PT Run] Localized file paths (Part 1): Update helper class and Program plugin (#20024)

* make helper non-static and add cache

* uwp app: add localized path

* Win32Program: Rename variable

* spell fix

* Win32Program: Localized paths

* fix invalid var name

* spell fix

* fix build

* test new shell localization helper

* fixes

* fix crash

* replace old helper class

* replace old helper class 2

* Helper improvements

* last changes

* add docs info

* remove left-over

* remove second left-over

doc/devdocs/modules/launcher/plugins/program.md

@@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ There are broadly two different categories of applications:
 
 ### Additional Notes
 - Arguments can be provided to the program plugin by entering them after `--` (a double dash).
+- The localization is done using the `Localization Helper`from `Wox.Plugin.Common` hosted at runtime in a variable of plugin's main class.

src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.Plugin.Program.UnitTests/Programs/Win32Tests.cs

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.UnitTests.Programs
             Name = "Imaging Devices",
             ExecutableName = "imagingdevices.exe",
             FullPath = "c:\\program files\\windows photo viewer\\imagingdevices.exe",
-            LnkResolvedPath = null,
+            LnkFilePath = null,
             AppType = Win32Program.ApplicationType.Win32Application,
         };
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.UnitTests.Programs
             Name = "Notepad",
             ExecutableName = "notepad.exe",
             FullPath = "c:\\windows\\system32\\notepad.exe",
-            LnkResolvedPath = "c:\\users\\powertoys\\appdata\\roaming\\microsoft\\windows\\start menu\\programs\\accessories\\notepad.lnk",
+            LnkFilePath = "c:\\users\\powertoys\\appdata\\roaming\\microsoft\\windows\\start menu\\programs\\accessories\\notepad.lnk",
             AppType = Win32Program.ApplicationType.Win32Application,
         };
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.UnitTests.Programs
             Name = "Notepad",
             ExecutableName = "notepad.exe",
             FullPath = "c:\\windows\\system32\\notepad.exe",
-            LnkResolvedPath = "c:\\programdata\\microsoft\\windows\\start menu\\programs\\accessories\\notepad.lnk",
+            LnkFilePath = "c:\\programdata\\microsoft\\windows\\start menu\\programs\\accessories\\notepad.lnk",
             AppType = Win32Program.ApplicationType.Win32Application,
         };
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.UnitTests.Programs
             ExecutableName = "cmd.exe",
             FullPath = "c:\\windows\\system32\\cmd.exe",
             Arguments = @"/E:ON /V:ON /K ""C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\.NET SDK\v2.9\\bin\setenv.cmd""",
-            LnkResolvedPath = "c:\\programdata\\microsoft\\windows\\start menu\\programs\\microsoft azure\\microsoft azure sdk for .net\\v2.9\\microsoft azure command prompt - v2.9.lnk",
+            LnkFilePath = "c:\\programdata\\microsoft\\windows\\start menu\\programs\\microsoft azure\\microsoft azure sdk for .net\\v2.9\\microsoft azure command prompt - v2.9.lnk",
             AppType = Win32Program.ApplicationType.Win32Application,
         };
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.UnitTests.Programs
             ExecutableName = "cmd.exe",
             FullPath = "c:\\windows\\system32\\cmd.exe",
             Arguments = @"/k ""C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat""",
-            LnkResolvedPath = "c:\\programdata\\microsoft\\windows\\start menu\\programs\\visual studio 2019\\visual studio tools\\vc\\x64 native tools command prompt for vs 2019.lnk",
+            LnkFilePath = "c:\\programdata\\microsoft\\windows\\start menu\\programs\\visual studio 2019\\visual studio tools\\vc\\x64 native tools command prompt for vs 2019.lnk",
             AppType = Win32Program.ApplicationType.Win32Application,
         };
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.UnitTests.Programs
             Name = "Command Prompt",
             ExecutableName = "cmd.exe",
             FullPath = "c:\\windows\\system32\\cmd.exe",
-            LnkResolvedPath = "c:\\users\\powertoys\\appdata\\roaming\\microsoft\\windows\\start menu\\programs\\system tools\\command prompt.lnk",
+            LnkFilePath = "c:\\users\\powertoys\\appdata\\roaming\\microsoft\\windows\\start menu\\programs\\system tools\\command prompt.lnk",
             AppType = Win32Program.ApplicationType.Win32Application,
         };
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.UnitTests.Programs
             Name = "File Explorer",
             ExecutableName = "File Explorer.lnk",
             FullPath = "c:\\users\\powertoys\\appdata\\roaming\\microsoft\\windows\\start menu\\programs\\system tools\\file explorer.lnk",
-            LnkResolvedPath = null,
+            LnkFilePath = null,
             AppType = Win32Program.ApplicationType.Win32Application,
         };
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.UnitTests.Programs
             Name = "File Explorer",
             ExecutableName = "explorer.exe",
             FullPath = "c:\\windows\\explorer.exe",
-            LnkResolvedPath = null,
+            LnkFilePath = null,
             AppType = Win32Program.ApplicationType.Win32Application,
         };
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.UnitTests.Programs
             Name = "Wordpad",
             ExecutableName = "wordpad.exe",
             FullPath = "c:\\program files\\windows nt\\accessories\\wordpad.exe",
-            LnkResolvedPath = "c:\\programdata\\microsoft\\windows\\start menu\\programs\\accessories\\wordpad.lnk",
+            LnkFilePath = "c:\\programdata\\microsoft\\windows\\start menu\\programs\\accessories\\wordpad.lnk",
             AppType = Win32Program.ApplicationType.Win32Application,
         };
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.UnitTests.Programs
             Name = "WORDPAD",
             ExecutableName = "WORDPAD.EXE",
             FullPath = "c:\\program files\\windows nt\\accessories\\wordpad.exe",
-            LnkResolvedPath = null,
+            LnkFilePath = null,
             AppType = Win32Program.ApplicationType.Win32Application,
         };
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.UnitTests.Programs
         {
             Name = "Twitter",
             FullPath = "c:\\program files (x86)\\google\\chrome\\application\\chrome_proxy.exe",
-            LnkResolvedPath = "c:\\users\\powertoys\\appdata\\roaming\\microsoft\\windows\\start menu\\programs\\chrome apps\\twitter.lnk",
+            LnkFilePath = "c:\\users\\powertoys\\appdata\\roaming\\microsoft\\windows\\start menu\\programs\\chrome apps\\twitter.lnk",
             Arguments = " --profile-directory=Default --app-id=jgeosdfsdsgmkedfgdfgdfgbkmhcgcflmi",
             AppType = 0,
         };
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.UnitTests.Programs
         {
             Name = "Web page",
             FullPath = "c:\\program files (x86)\\microsoft\\edge\\application\\msedge_proxy.exe",
-            LnkResolvedPath = "c:\\users\\powertoys\\appdata\\roaming\\microsoft\\windows\\start menu\\programs\\web page.lnk",
+            LnkFilePath = "c:\\users\\powertoys\\appdata\\roaming\\microsoft\\windows\\start menu\\programs\\web page.lnk",
             Arguments = "--profile-directory=Default --app-id=homljgmgpmcbpjbnjpfijnhipfkiclkd",
             AppType = 0,
         };
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.UnitTests.Programs
         {
             Name = "edge - Bing",
             FullPath = "c:\\program files (x86)\\microsoft\\edge\\application\\msedge_proxy.exe",
-            LnkResolvedPath = "c:\\users\\powertoys\\appdata\\roaming\\microsoft\\windows\\start menu\\programs\\edge - bing.lnk",
+            LnkFilePath = "c:\\users\\powertoys\\appdata\\roaming\\microsoft\\windows\\start menu\\programs\\edge - bing.lnk",
             Arguments = "  --profile-directory=Default --app-id=aocfnapldcnfbofgmbbllojgocaelgdd",
             AppType = 0,
         };
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.UnitTests.Programs
             Name = "Microsoft Edge",
             ExecutableName = "msedge.exe",
             FullPath = "c:\\program files (x86)\\microsoft\\edge\\application\\msedge.exe",
-            LnkResolvedPath = "c:\\programdata\\microsoft\\windows\\start menu\\programs\\microsoft edge.lnk",
+            LnkFilePath = "c:\\programdata\\microsoft\\windows\\start menu\\programs\\microsoft edge.lnk",
             AppType = Win32Program.ApplicationType.Win32Application,
         };
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.UnitTests.Programs
             Name = "Google Chrome",
             ExecutableName = "chrome.exe",
             FullPath = "c:\\program files (x86)\\google\\chrome\\application\\chrome.exe",
-            LnkResolvedPath = "c:\\programdata\\microsoft\\windows\\start menu\\programs\\google chrome.lnk",
+            LnkFilePath = "c:\\programdata\\microsoft\\windows\\start menu\\programs\\google chrome.lnk",
             AppType = Win32Program.ApplicationType.Win32Application,
         };
 
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.UnitTests.Programs
             Name = "Proxy App",
             ExecutableName = "test_proxy.exe",
             FullPath = "c:\\program files (x86)\\microsoft\\edge\\application\\test_proxy.exe",
-            LnkResolvedPath = "c:\\programdata\\microsoft\\windows\\start menu\\programs\\test proxy.lnk",
+            LnkFilePath = "c:\\programdata\\microsoft\\windows\\start menu\\programs\\test proxy.lnk",
             AppType = Win32Program.ApplicationType.Win32Application,
         };
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.UnitTests.Programs
             Name = "cmd",
             ExecutableName = "cmd.exe",
             FullPath = "c:\\windows\\system32\\cmd.exe",
-            LnkResolvedPath = null,
+            LnkFilePath = null,
             AppType = Win32Program.ApplicationType.RunCommand, // Run command
         };
 
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.UnitTests.Programs
             Description = "Cmder: Lovely Console Emulator",
             ExecutableName = "Cmder.exe",
             FullPath = "c:\\tools\\cmder\\cmder.exe",
-            LnkResolvedPath = null,
+            LnkFilePath = null,
             AppType = Win32Program.ApplicationType.RunCommand, // Run command
         };
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.UnitTests.Programs
             ExecutableName = "Shop Titans.url",
             FullPath = "steam://rungameid/1258080",
             ParentDirectory = "C:\\Users\\temp\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs\\Steam",
-            LnkResolvedPath = null,
+            LnkFilePath = null,
             AppType = Win32Program.ApplicationType.InternetShortcutApplication,
         };
 
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.UnitTests.Programs
             ExecutableName = "Shop Titans.url",
             FullPath = "steam://rungameid/1258080",
             ParentDirectory = "C:\\Users\\temp\\Desktop",
-            LnkResolvedPath = null,
+            LnkFilePath = null,
             AppType = Win32Program.ApplicationType.InternetShortcutApplication,
         };
 
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.UnitTests.Programs
             ExecutableName = "dummy.appref-ms",
             FullPath = "C:\\dummy.appref-ms",
             ParentDirectory = "C:\\",
-            LnkResolvedPath = null,
+            LnkFilePath = null,
             AppType = Win32Program.ApplicationType.ApprefApplication,
         };
 
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.UnitTests.Programs
             ExecutableName = "application.lnk",
             FullPath = "C:\\application.lnk",
             ParentDirectory = "C:\\",
-            LnkResolvedPath = "C:\\application.lnk",
+            LnkFilePath = "C:\\application.lnk",
             AppType = Win32Program.ApplicationType.ShortcutApplication,
         };
 
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.UnitTests.Programs
             ExecutableName = "application.lnk",
             FullPath = "C:\\dummy\\folder",
             ParentDirectory = "C:\\dummy\\",
-            LnkResolvedPath = "C:\\tools\\application.lnk",
+            LnkFilePath = "C:\\tools\\application.lnk",
             AppType = Win32Program.ApplicationType.Folder,
         };
 
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.UnitTests.Programs
             ExecutableName = "application.lnk",
             FullPath = "C:\\dummy\\file.pdf",
             ParentDirectory = "C:\\dummy\\",
-            LnkResolvedPath = "C:\\tools\\application.lnk",
+            LnkFilePath = "C:\\tools\\application.lnk",
             AppType = Win32Program.ApplicationType.GenericFile,
         };
 
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.UnitTests.Programs
         }
 
         [TestMethod]
-        public void DedupFunctionMustRemoveDuplicatesForExeExtensionsWithoutLnkResolvedPath()
+        public void DedupFunctionMustRemoveDuplicatesForExeExtensionsWithoutLnkFilePath()
         {
             // Arrange
             List<Win32Program> prgms = new List<Win32Program>
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.UnitTests.Programs
 
             // Assert
             Assert.AreEqual(1, apps.Count);
-            Assert.IsTrue(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(apps[0].LnkResolvedPath));
+            Assert.IsTrue(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(apps[0].LnkFilePath));
         }
 
         [TestMethod]

src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.Plugin.Program.UnitTests/Storage/Win32ProgramRepositoryTest.cs

@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.UnitTests.Storage
                 ExecutableName = "path.exe",
                 ParentDirectory = "directory",
                 FullPath = "directory\\path.exe",
-                LnkResolvedPath = "directory\\path.lnk", // This must be equal for lnk applications
+                LnkFilePath = "directory\\path.lnk", // This must be equal for lnk applications
             };
             win32ProgramRepository.Add(item);
 

src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.Plugin.Program/Main.cs

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ using Microsoft.Plugin.Program.Programs;
 using Microsoft.Plugin.Program.Storage;
 using Wox.Infrastructure.Storage;
 using Wox.Plugin;
+using Wox.Plugin.Common;
 using Stopwatch = Wox.Infrastructure.Stopwatch;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program
 
         internal static ProgramPluginSettings Settings { get; set; }
 
+        internal static readonly ShellLocalization ShellLocalizationHelper = new();
+
         public string Name => Properties.Resources.wox_plugin_program_plugin_name;
 
         public string Description => Properties.Resources.wox_plugin_program_plugin_description;

src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.Plugin.Program/Programs/UWP.cs

@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.Programs
 
         public string Location { get; set; }
 
+        // Localized path based on windows display language
+        public string LocationLocalized { get; set; }
+
         public IList<UWPApplication> Apps { get; private set; }
 
         public PackageVersion Version { get; set; }
@@ -57,6 +60,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.Programs
         public void InitializeAppInfo(string installedLocation)
         {
             Location = installedLocation;
+            LocationLocalized = Main.ShellLocalizationHelper.GetLocalizedPath(installedLocation);
             var path = Path.Combine(installedLocation, "AppxManifest.xml");
 
             var namespaces = XmlNamespaces(path);

src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.Plugin.Program/Programs/UWPApplication.cs

@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.Programs
 
         public string Location => Package.Location;
 
+        // Localized path based on windows display language
+        public string LocationLocalized => Package.LocationLocalized;
+
         public bool Enabled { get; set; }
 
         public bool CanRunElevated { get; set; }
@@ -119,7 +122,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.Programs
 
             // Using CurrentCulture since this is user facing
             var toolTipTitle = string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, "{0}: {1}", Properties.Resources.powertoys_run_plugin_program_file_name, result.Title);
-            var toolTipText = string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, "{0}: {1}", Properties.Resources.powertoys_run_plugin_program_file_path, Package.Location);
+            var toolTipText = string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, "{0}: {1}", Properties.Resources.powertoys_run_plugin_program_file_path, LocationLocalized);
             result.ToolTipData = new ToolTipData(toolTipTitle, toolTipText);
 
             return result;

src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.Plugin.Program/Programs/Win32Program.cs

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ using Microsoft.Win32;
 using Wox.Infrastructure;
 using Wox.Infrastructure.FileSystemHelper;
 using Wox.Plugin;
-using Wox.Plugin.Common;
 using Wox.Plugin.Logger;
 using DirectoryWrapper = Wox.Infrastructure.FileSystemHelper.DirectoryWrapper;
 
@@ -38,24 +37,35 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.Programs
 
         public string Name { get; set; }
 
+        // Localized name based on windows display language
+        public string NameLocalized { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
         public string UniqueIdentifier { get; set; }
 
         public string IcoPath { get; set; }
 
+        public string Description { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+        // Path of app executable or lnk target executable
         public string FullPath { get; set; }
 
-        public string LnkResolvedPath { get; set; }
-
-        public string LnkResolvedExecutableName { get; set; }
-
-        // Localized name based on windows display language
-        public string LocalizedName { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+        // Localized path based on windows display language
+        public string FullPathLocalized { get; set; } = string.Empty;
 
         public string ParentDirectory { get; set; }
 
         public string ExecutableName { get; set; }
 
-        public string Description { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+        // Localized executable name based on windows display language
+        public string ExecutableNameLocalized { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+        // Path to the lnk file on LnkProgram
+        public string LnkFilePath { get; set; }
+
+        public string LnkResolvedExecutableName { get; set; }
+
+        // Localized path based on windows display language
+        public string LnkResolvedExecutableNameLocalized { get; set; } = string.Empty;
 
         public bool Valid { get; set; }
 
@@ -102,11 +112,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.Programs
         private int Score(string query)
         {
             var nameMatch = StringMatcher.FuzzySearch(query, Name);
-            var locNameMatch = StringMatcher.FuzzySearch(query, LocalizedName);
+            var locNameMatch = StringMatcher.FuzzySearch(query, NameLocalized);
             var descriptionMatch = StringMatcher.FuzzySearch(query, Description);
             var executableNameMatch = StringMatcher.FuzzySearch(query, ExecutableName);
+            var locExecutableNameMatch = StringMatcher.FuzzySearch(query, ExecutableNameLocalized);
             var lnkResolvedExecutableNameMatch = StringMatcher.FuzzySearch(query, LnkResolvedExecutableName);
-            var score = new[] { nameMatch.Score, locNameMatch.Score, descriptionMatch.Score / 2, executableNameMatch.Score, lnkResolvedExecutableNameMatch.Score }.Max();
+            var locLnkResolvedExecutableNameMatch = StringMatcher.FuzzySearch(query, LnkResolvedExecutableNameLocalized);
+            var score = new[] { nameMatch.Score, locNameMatch.Score, descriptionMatch.Score / 2, executableNameMatch.Score, locExecutableNameMatch.Score, lnkResolvedExecutableNameMatch.Score, locLnkResolvedExecutableNameMatch.Score }.Max();
             return score;
         }
 
@@ -227,7 +239,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.Programs
             var result = new Result
             {
                 // To set the title for the result to always be the name of the application
-                Title = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(LocalizedName) ? LocalizedName : Name,
+                Title = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(NameLocalized) ? NameLocalized : Name,
                 SubTitle = GetSubtitle(),
                 IcoPath = IcoPath,
                 Score = score,
@@ -247,7 +259,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.Programs
 
             // Using CurrentCulture since this is user facing
             var toolTipTitle = string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, "{0}: {1}", Properties.Resources.powertoys_run_plugin_program_file_name, result.Title);
-            var toolTipText = string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, "{0}: {1}", Properties.Resources.powertoys_run_plugin_program_file_path, FullPath);
+            string filePath = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(FullPathLocalized) ? FullPathLocalized : FullPath;
+            var toolTipText = string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, "{0}: {1}", Properties.Resources.powertoys_run_plugin_program_file_path, filePath);
             result.ToolTipData = new ToolTipData(toolTipTitle, toolTipText);
 
             return result;
@@ -346,7 +359,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.Programs
         {
             return new ProcessStartInfo
             {
-                FileName = LnkResolvedPath ?? FullPath,
+                FileName = LnkFilePath ?? FullPath,
                 WorkingDirectory = ParentDirectory,
                 UseShellExecute = true,
                 Arguments = programArguments,
@@ -376,17 +389,19 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.Programs
                     ExecutableName = Path.GetFileName(path),
                     IcoPath = path,
 
-                    // Localized name based on windows display language
-                    LocalizedName = ShellLocalization.GetLocalizedName(path),
-
                     // Using InvariantCulture since this is user facing
-                    FullPath = path.ToLowerInvariant(),
+                    FullPath = path,
                     UniqueIdentifier = path,
                     ParentDirectory = Directory.GetParent(path).FullName,
                     Description = string.Empty,
                     Valid = true,
                     Enabled = true,
                     AppType = ApplicationType.Win32Application,
+
+                    // Localized name, path and executable based on windows display language
+                    NameLocalized = Main.ShellLocalizationHelper.GetLocalizedName(path),
+                    FullPathLocalized = Main.ShellLocalizationHelper.GetLocalizedPath(path),
+                    ExecutableNameLocalized = Path.GetFileName(Main.ShellLocalizationHelper.GetLocalizedPath(path)),
                 };
             }
             catch (Exception e) when (e is SecurityException || e is UnauthorizedAccessException)
@@ -462,7 +477,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.Programs
                         Name = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(path),
                         ExecutableName = Path.GetFileName(path),
                         IcoPath = iconPath,
-                        FullPath = urlPath.ToLowerInvariant(),
+                        FullPath = urlPath,
                         UniqueIdentifier = path,
                         ParentDirectory = Directory.GetParent(path).FullName,
                         Valid = true,
@@ -500,11 +515,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.Programs
                         return InvalidProgram;
                     }
 
-                    program.LnkResolvedPath = program.FullPath;
+                    program.LnkFilePath = program.FullPath;
                     program.LnkResolvedExecutableName = Path.GetFileName(target);
+                    program.LnkResolvedExecutableNameLocalized = Path.GetFileName(Main.ShellLocalizationHelper.GetLocalizedPath(target));
 
                     // Using CurrentCulture since this is user facing
-                    program.FullPath = Path.GetFullPath(target).ToLowerInvariant();
+                    program.FullPath = Path.GetFullPath(target);
+                    program.FullPathLocalized = Main.ShellLocalizationHelper.GetLocalizedPath(target);
 
                     program.Arguments = ShellLinkHelper.Arguments;
 

src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.Plugin.Program/Storage/Win32ProgramRepository.cs

@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.Storage
                 // Using OrdinalIgnoreCase since this is used internally
                 if (extension.Equals(LnkExtension, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
-                    app = GetAppWithSameLnkResolvedPath(path);
+                    app = GetAppWithSameLnkFilePath(path);
                     if (app == null)
                     {
                         // Cancelled links won't have a resolved path.
@@ -195,12 +195,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.Storage
 
         // To mitigate the issue faced (as stated above) when a shortcut application is renamed, the Exe FullPath and executable name must be obtained.
         // Unlike the rename event args, since we do not have a newPath, we iterate through all the programs and find the one with the same LnkResolved path.
-        private Programs.Win32Program GetAppWithSameLnkResolvedPath(string lnkResolvedPath)
+        private Programs.Win32Program GetAppWithSameLnkFilePath(string lnkFilePath)
         {
             foreach (Programs.Win32Program app in Items)
             {
                 // Using Invariant / OrdinalIgnoreCase since we're comparing paths
-                if (lnkResolvedPath.ToUpperInvariant().Equals(app.LnkResolvedPath, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                if (lnkFilePath.ToUpperInvariant().Equals(app.LnkFilePath, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
                     return app;
                 }

src/modules/launcher/Wox.Plugin/Common/Interfaces/IShellItem.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Wox.Plugin.Common.Win32;
+
+namespace Wox.Plugin.Common.Interfaces
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The following are ShellItem DisplayName types.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Flags]
+    public enum SIGDN : uint
+    {
+        NORMALDISPLAY = 0,
+        PARENTRELATIVEPARSING = 0x80018001,
+        PARENTRELATIVEFORADDRESSBAR = 0x8001c001,
+        DESKTOPABSOLUTEPARSING = 0x80028000,
+        PARENTRELATIVEEDITING = 0x80031001,
+        DESKTOPABSOLUTEEDITING = 0x8004c000,
+        FILESYSPATH = 0x80058000,
+        URL = 0x80068000,
+    }
+
+    [ComImport]
+    [InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
+    [Guid("43826d1e-e718-42ee-bc55-a1e261c37bfe")]
+    public interface IShellItem
+    {
+        void BindToHandler(
+            IntPtr pbc,
+            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStruct)] Guid bhid,
+            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStruct)] Guid riid,
+            out IntPtr ppv);
+
+        void GetParent(out IShellItem ppsi);
+
+        void GetDisplayName(SIGDN sigdnName, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] out string ppszName);
+
+        void GetAttributes(uint sfgaoMask, out uint psfgaoAttribs);
+
+        void Compare(IShellItem psi, uint hint, out int piOrder);
+    }
+}

src/modules/launcher/Wox.Plugin/Common/ShellLocalization.cs

@@ -2,67 +2,51 @@
 // The Microsoft Corporation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
-using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
-using System.Text;
+using Wox.Plugin.Common.Interfaces;
+using Wox.Plugin.Common.Win32;
 
 namespace Wox.Plugin.Common
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Class to get localized name of shell items like 'My computer'. The localization is based on the 'windows display language'.
-    /// Reused code from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41423491/how-to-get-localized-name-of-known-folder for the method <see cref="GetLocalizedName"/>
     /// </summary>
-    public static class ShellLocalization
+    public class ShellLocalization
     {
-        internal const uint DONTRESOLVEDLLREFERENCES = 0x00000001;
-        internal const uint LOADLIBRARYASDATAFILE = 0x00000002;
-
-        [DllImport("shell32.dll", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Winapi, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
-        internal static extern int SHGetLocalizedName(string pszPath, StringBuilder pszResModule, ref int cch, out int pidsRes);
-
-        [DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint = "LoadStringW", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Winapi, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
-        internal static extern int LoadString(IntPtr hModule, int resourceID, StringBuilder resourceValue, int len);
-
-        [DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, ExactSpelling = true, EntryPoint = "LoadLibraryExW")]
-        internal static extern IntPtr LoadLibraryEx(string lpFileName, IntPtr hFile, uint dwFlags);
-
-        [DllImport("kernel32.dll", ExactSpelling = true)]
-        internal static extern int FreeLibrary(IntPtr hModule);
-
-        [DllImport("kernel32.dll", EntryPoint = "ExpandEnvironmentStringsW", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, ExactSpelling = true)]
-        internal static extern uint ExpandEnvironmentStrings(string lpSrc, StringBuilder lpDst, int nSize);
+        // Cache for already localized names. This makes localization of already localized string faster.
+        private Dictionary<string, string> _localizationCache = new Dictionary<string, string>();
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns the localized name of a shell item.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="path">Path to the shell item (e. g. shortcut 'File Explorer.lnk').</param>
         /// <returns>The localized name as string or <see cref="string.Empty"/>.</returns>
-        public static string GetLocalizedName(string path)
+        public string GetLocalizedName(string path)
         {
-            StringBuilder resourcePath = new StringBuilder(1024);
-            StringBuilder localizedName = new StringBuilder(1024);
-            int len, id;
-            len = resourcePath.Capacity;
-
-            // If there is no resource to localize a file name the method returns a non zero value.
-            if (SHGetLocalizedName(path, resourcePath, ref len, out id) == 0)
+            // Checking cache if path is already localized
+            if (_localizationCache.ContainsKey(path.ToLowerInvariant()))
             {
-                _ = ExpandEnvironmentStrings(resourcePath.ToString(), resourcePath, resourcePath.Capacity);
-                IntPtr hMod = LoadLibraryEx(resourcePath.ToString(), IntPtr.Zero, DONTRESOLVEDLLREFERENCES | LOADLIBRARYASDATAFILE);
-                if (hMod != IntPtr.Zero)
-                {
-                    if (LoadString(hMod, id, localizedName, localizedName.Capacity) != 0)
-                    {
-                        string lString = localizedName.ToString();
-                        _ = FreeLibrary(hMod);
-                        return lString;
-                    }
-
-                    _ = FreeLibrary(hMod);
-                }
+                return _localizationCache[path.ToLowerInvariant()];
             }
 
-            return string.Empty;
+            Guid shellItemType = ShellItemTypeConstants.ShellItemGuid;
+            int retCode = NativeMethods.SHCreateItemFromParsingName(path, IntPtr.Zero, ref shellItemType, out IShellItem shellItem);
+            if (retCode != 0)
+            {
+                return string.Empty;
+            }
+
+            shellItem.GetDisplayName(SIGDN.NORMALDISPLAY, out string filename);
+
+            if (!_localizationCache.ContainsKey(path.ToLowerInvariant()))
+            {
+                // The if condition is required to not get timing problems when called from an parallel execution.
+                // Without the check we will get "key exists" exceptions.
+                _localizationCache.Add(path.ToLowerInvariant(), filename);
+            }
+
+            return filename;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -70,7 +54,7 @@ namespace Wox.Plugin.Common
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="path">The path to localize</param>
         /// <returns>The localized path or the original path if localized version is not available</returns>
-        public static string GetLocalizedPath(string path)
+        public string GetLocalizedPath(string path)
         {
             path = Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables(path);
             string ext = Path.GetExtension(path);
@@ -79,6 +63,14 @@ namespace Wox.Plugin.Common
 
             for (int i = 0; i < pathParts.Length; i++)
             {
+                if (i == 0 && pathParts[i].EndsWith(':'))
+                {
+                    // Skip the drive letter.
+                    locPath[0] = pathParts[0];
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                // Localize path.
                 int iElements = i + 1;
                 string lName = GetLocalizedName(string.Join("\\", pathParts[..iElements]));
                 locPath[i] = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(lName) ? lName : pathParts[i];

src/modules/launcher/Wox.Plugin/Common/Win32/NativeMethods.cs

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Text;
+using Wox.Plugin.Common.Interfaces;
 using SuppressMessageAttribute = System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute;
 
 #pragma warning disable SA1649, CA1051, CA1707, CA1028, CA1714, CA1069, SA1402
@@ -114,6 +115,9 @@ namespace Wox.Plugin.Common.Win32
 
         [DllImport("shlwapi.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
         public static extern HRESULT SHCreateStreamOnFileEx(string fileName, STGM grfMode, uint attributes, bool create, System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.IStream reserved, out System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.IStream stream);
+
+        [DllImport("shell32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, SetLastError = true)]
+        public static extern int SHCreateItemFromParsingName([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string path, IntPtr pbc, ref Guid riid, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface)] out IShellItem shellItem);
     }
 
     [SuppressMessage("StyleCop.CSharp.NamingRules", "SA1310:Field names should not contain underscore", Justification = "These are the names used by win32.")]
@@ -141,6 +145,19 @@ namespace Wox.Plugin.Common.Win32
         public const int SC_CLOSE = 0xF060;
     }
 
+    public static class ShellItemTypeConstants
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Guid for type IShellItem.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static readonly Guid ShellItemGuid = new Guid("43826d1e-e718-42ee-bc55-a1e261c37bfe");
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Guid for type IShellItem2.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static readonly Guid ShellItem2Guid = new Guid("7E9FB0D3-919F-4307-AB2E-9B1860310C93");
+    }
+
     public enum HRESULT : uint
     {
         /// <summary>