diff --git a/Source/Project64/AppInit.cpp b/Source/Project64/AppInit.cpp
index 9937de1c9..9bf1c4d3c 100644
--- a/Source/Project64/AppInit.cpp
+++ b/Source/Project64/AppInit.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #include <Common\Util.h>
 
 void FixDirectories(void);
-void FixLocale(void);
 
 static void IncreaseThreadPriority(void);
 
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ void AppInit(CNotification * Notify)
         g_Notify = Notify;
 
         FixDirectories();
-        FixLocale();
 
         stdstr_f AppName("Project64 %s", VER_FILE_VERSION_STR);
         IncreaseThreadPriority();
@@ -122,18 +120,7 @@ void FixDirectories(void)
     if (!Directory.DirectoryExists()) Directory.DirectoryCreate();
 }
 
-#include <windows.h>
-void FixLocale(void)
-{
-    char *lbuffer = new char[10];
-    if (GetLocaleInfoA(LOCALE_SYSTEM_DEFAULT, LOCALE_SABBREVLANGNAME, lbuffer, 10))
-    {
-        setlocale(LC_ALL, lbuffer);
-    }
-    delete[] lbuffer;
-}
-
 void IncreaseThreadPriority(void)
 {
     SetThreadPriority(GetCurrentThread(), THREAD_PRIORITY_ABOVE_NORMAL);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/Source/Project64/User Interface/Main Menu Class.cpp b/Source/Project64/User Interface/Main Menu Class.cpp
index a4655b341..d9e1d3c7b 100644
--- a/Source/Project64/User Interface/Main Menu Class.cpp	
+++ b/Source/Project64/User Interface/Main Menu Class.cpp	
@@ -734,10 +734,7 @@ void CMainMenu::FillOutMenu(HMENU hMenu)
         }
         stdstr_f MenuString("&%d %s", (count + 1) % 10, LastRom.c_str());
 
-        WCHAR *w_LastRom = new WCHAR[MenuString.length() + 1];
-        ::mbstowcs(w_LastRom, MenuString.c_str(), MenuString.length() + 1);
-        RecentRomMenu.push_back(MENU_ITEM(ID_RECENT_ROM_START + count, EMPTY_STRING, EMPTY_STDSTR, NULL, w_LastRom));
-        delete[] w_LastRom;
+        RecentRomMenu.push_back(MENU_ITEM(ID_RECENT_ROM_START + count, EMPTY_STRING, EMPTY_STDSTR, NULL, MenuString.ToUTF16(CP_ACP).c_str()));
     }
 
     /* Recent Dir
@@ -755,10 +752,7 @@ void CMainMenu::FillOutMenu(HMENU hMenu)
 
         stdstr_f MenuString("&%d %s", (count + 1) % 10, LastDir.c_str());
 
-        WCHAR *w_LastDir = new WCHAR[MenuString.length() + 1];
-        ::mbstowcs(w_LastDir, MenuString.c_str(), MenuString.length() + 1);
-        RecentDirMenu.push_back(MENU_ITEM(ID_RECENT_DIR_START + count, EMPTY_STRING, EMPTY_STDSTR, NULL, w_LastDir));
-        delete[] w_LastDir;
+        RecentDirMenu.push_back(MENU_ITEM(ID_RECENT_DIR_START + count, EMPTY_STRING, EMPTY_STDSTR, NULL, MenuString.ToUTF16(CP_ACP).c_str()));
     }
 
     /* File Menu
@@ -1279,4 +1273,4 @@ void CMainMenu::ResetMenu(void)
     ResetAccelerators();
 
     WriteTrace(TraceDebug, __FUNCTION__ ": Done");
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/Source/Project64/User Interface/Rom Browser Class.cpp b/Source/Project64/User Interface/Rom Browser Class.cpp
index cff591219..b5a075ef1 100644
--- a/Source/Project64/User Interface/Rom Browser Class.cpp	
+++ b/Source/Project64/User Interface/Rom Browser Class.cpp	
@@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@ void CRomBrowser::RomList_GetDispInfo(uint32_t pnmh)
 
     switch (m_FieldType[lpdi->item.iSubItem])
     {
-    case RB_FileName: wcsncpy(lpdi->item.pszText, stdstr(pRomInfo->FileName).ToUTF16().c_str(), lpdi->item.cchTextMax); break;
+    case RB_FileName: wcsncpy(lpdi->item.pszText, stdstr(pRomInfo->FileName).ToUTF16().c_str(CP_ACP), lpdi->item.cchTextMax); break;
     case RB_InternalName: wcsncpy(lpdi->item.pszText, pRomInfo->InternalName, lpdi->item.cchTextMax / sizeof(wchar_t)); break;
     case RB_GoodName: wcsncpy(lpdi->item.pszText, pRomInfo->GoodName, lpdi->item.cchTextMax / sizeof(wchar_t)); break;
     case RB_CoreNotes: wcsncpy(lpdi->item.pszText, pRomInfo->CoreNotes, lpdi->item.cchTextMax / sizeof(wchar_t)); break;
@@ -1928,4 +1928,4 @@ void CRomBrowser::WatchThreadStop(void)
     m_WatchThread = NULL;
     m_WatchThreadID = 0;
     WriteTrace(TraceDebug, __FUNCTION__ ": 5");
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}