diff --git a/src/localization.c b/src/localization.c
index 96b53abe..e8ac2a9e 100644
--- a/src/localization.c
+++ b/src/localization.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * Rufus: The Reliable USB Formatting Utility
  * Localization functions, a.k.a. "Everybody is doing it wrong but me!"
- * Copyright © 2013-2017 Pete Batard <pete@akeo.ie>
+ * Copyright © 2013-2023 Pete Batard <pete@akeo.ie>
  *
  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ const char* get_name_from_id(int id)
  * pack having been installed.
  */
 static BOOL found_lang;
-static BOOL CALLBACK EnumUILanguagesProc(LPTSTR lpUILanguageString, LONG_PTR lParam)
+static BOOL CALLBACK EnumUILanguagesProc(LPWSTR lpUILanguageString, LONG_PTR lParam)
 {
 	wchar_t* wlang = (wchar_t*)lParam;
 	if (wcscmp(wlang, lpUILanguageString) == 0)
diff --git a/src/rufus.c b/src/rufus.c
index a00abf8c..1bed0d8a 100755
--- a/src/rufus.c
+++ b/src/rufus.c
@@ -3636,8 +3636,9 @@ skip_args_processing:
 	// Init localization
 	init_localization();
 
-	// Seek for a loc file in the current directory
-	if (GetFileAttributesU(rufus_loc) == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES) {
+	// Seek for a loc file in the application directory
+	static_sprintf(loc_file, "%s\\%s", app_dir, rufus_loc);
+	if (GetFileAttributesU(loc_file) == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES) {
 		uprintf("loc file not found in current directory - embedded one will be used");
 
 		loc_data = (BYTE*)GetResource(hMainInstance, MAKEINTRESOURCEA(IDR_LC_RUFUS_LOC), _RT_RCDATA, "embedded.loc", &loc_size, FALSE);
@@ -3661,9 +3662,9 @@ skip_args_processing:
 		uprintf("localization: extracted data to '%s'", loc_file);
 		safe_closehandle(hFile);
 	} else {
-		static_sprintf(loc_file, "%s\\%s", app_dir, rufus_loc);
 		external_loc_file = TRUE;
-		uprintf("using external loc file '%s'", loc_file);
+		// We do want to report if an external loc file is being used, in the UI log
+		ubprintf("Using external loc file '%s'", loc_file);
 	}
 
 	if ( (!get_supported_locales(loc_file))
diff --git a/src/rufus.rc b/src/rufus.rc
index 0767a13e..42ba41c7 100644
--- a/src/rufus.rc
+++ b/src/rufus.rc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ LANGUAGE LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
 IDD_DIALOG DIALOGEX 12, 12, 232, 326
 STYLE DS_SETFONT | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_CENTER | WS_MINIMIZEBOX | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
 EXSTYLE WS_EX_ACCEPTFILES
-CAPTION "Rufus 3.22.1985"
+CAPTION "Rufus 3.22.1986"
 FONT 9, "Segoe UI Symbol", 400, 0, 0x0
 BEGIN
     LTEXT           "Drive Properties",IDS_DRIVE_PROPERTIES_TXT,8,6,53,12,NOT WS_GROUP
@@ -392,8 +392,8 @@ END
 //
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
- FILEVERSION 3,22,1985,0
- PRODUCTVERSION 3,22,1985,0
+ FILEVERSION 3,22,1986,0
+ PRODUCTVERSION 3,22,1986,0
  FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
 #ifdef _DEBUG
  FILEFLAGS 0x1L
@@ -411,13 +411,13 @@ BEGIN
             VALUE "Comments", "https://rufus.ie"
             VALUE "CompanyName", "Akeo Consulting"
             VALUE "FileDescription", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "FileVersion", "3.22.1985"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "3.22.1986"
             VALUE "InternalName", "Rufus"
             VALUE "LegalCopyright", "© 2011-2023 Pete Batard (GPL v3)"
             VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html"
             VALUE "OriginalFilename", "rufus-3.22.exe"
             VALUE "ProductName", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", "3.22.1985"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", "3.22.1986"
         END
     END
     BLOCK "VarFileInfo"