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[Package Issue]: ScooterSoftware.BeyondCompare.4

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Description

### Please confirm these before moving forward

- [x] I have searched for my issue and not found a work-in-progress/duplicate/resolved issue.
- [x] I have not been informed if the issue is resolved in a preview version of the winget client.

### Category of the issue

Installation issue.

### Brief description of your issue

Brief description of your issue
Winget does not find an applicable installer for the en-US locale.

The reason for this behaviour is probably a missing InstallerLocale: en-US definition.

https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/blob/master/manifests/s/ScooterSoftware/BeyondCompare/4/4.4.7.28397/ScooterSoftware.BeyondCompare.4.installer.yaml
`Installers:
- Architecture: x86
InstallerUrl: https://www.scootersoftware.com/files/BCompare-4.4.7.28397.exe
InstallerSha256: 5B14F35BF4219FDCC138A4A6ED8F20605D455027A94A50AB37DB64E53153D141
ProductCode: BeyondCompare4_is1
- Architecture: x64
InstallerUrl: https://www.scootersoftware.com/files/BCompare-4.4.7.28397.exe
InstallerSha256: 5B14F35BF4219FDCC138A4A6ED8F20605D455027A94A50AB37DB64E53153D141
ProductCode: BeyondCompare4_is1
- InstallerLocale: de-DE
Architecture: x86
InstallerUrl: https://www.scootersoftware.com/files/BCompare-de-4.4.7.28397.exe
InstallerSha256: E3ABA498539E9872231B3C3960074B9396D48F763104CE2485B40B5C855223A6
ProductCode: BeyondCompare4_is1`

### Steps to reproduce

winget install ScooterSoftware.BeyondCompare.4 --locale en-US

### Actual behavior

winget install ScooterSoftware.BeyondCompare.4 --locale en-US
No applicable installer found; see logs for more details.

### Expected behavior

winget install ScooterSoftware.BeyondCompare.4 --locale en-US

-> properly uses English installer

### Environment

```raw
Windows Package Manager v1.29.290
© 2026 Microsoft. All rights reserved.

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.26100.9168
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.29.290.0
```

### Screenshots and Logs

Basically a direct copy of this issue: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/issues/207619 but for version 4 of BeyondCompare

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Open manifests/s/ScooterSoftware/BeyondCompare/4/4.4.7.28397/ScooterSoftware.BeyondCompare.4.installer.yaml and compare the locale-specific installer entries with the linked issue 207619. Run `winget install ScooterSoftware.BeyondCompare.4 --locale en-US`; done means the command selects the English installer instead of reporting no applicable installer.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
yaml
Domain
cli, tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
86/100

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