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Bug: Folder names show English before using the app language

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Description

### Description

Files is installed on my PCs with Windows 11 in Italian. In all of them when I launch the program, the list of folders in the system partition appears in English for a moment and then switches to Italian. I don't know the reason. Anybody else? Thank you

### Steps To Reproduce

Read above

### Files Version

4.1.3.0

### Windows Version

10.0.26200.8655

### User ID

c0b9be8e-e413-4cf4-aad1-8cc9ee9abf63

### Log File

[debug.log](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/29237835/debug.log)

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the linked debug.log and reproducing the folder-name language transition with Files 4.1.3.0 on an Italian Windows installation. Trace the startup folder list and localization behavior from the evidence in the log; done means system folders display the app language without briefly appearing in English.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
desktop, internationalization, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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