diff --git a/config-win32.h b/config-win32.h
index e15b8ca4..cc80b37a 100644
--- a/config-win32.h
+++ b/config-win32.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#define LOCALEDIR "./locale"
+#define LOCALEDIR ".\\share\\locale"
 #define ENABLE_NLS
 #define USE_GMODULE
 #define USE_PLUGIN
diff --git a/win32/hexchat-xp.props b/win32/hexchat-xp.props
index 68a5d827..dcb56d7f 100644
--- a/win32/hexchat-xp.props
+++ b/win32/hexchat-xp.props
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ copy "$(HexChatBin)hcwinamp.dll" "$(HexChatRel)\plugins"
 copy "$(HexChatBin)hcsysinfo.dll" "$(HexChatRel)\plugins"
 copy "$(HexChatBin)hcwmpa.dll" "$(HexChatRel)\plugins"
 copy "$(DepsRoot)\bin\lua51.dll" "$(HexChatRel)"
-xcopy /q /s /i "$(HexChatBin)locale" "$(HexChatRel)\locale"
+xcopy /q /s /i "$(HexChatBin)locale" "$(HexChatRel)\share\locale"
 xcopy /q /s /i "$(DepsRoot)\share\locale" "$(HexChatRel)\share\locale"
 copy "$(ProgramFiles)\Codejock Software\ISSkin\ISSkinU.dll" "$(HexChatRel)"
 	</HexChatCopy>
diff --git a/win32/hexchat.props b/win32/hexchat.props
index a61c5b57..070019d3 100644
--- a/win32/hexchat.props
+++ b/win32/hexchat.props
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ copy "$(HexChatBin)hcupd.dll" "$(HexChatRel)\plugins"
 copy "$(HexChatBin)hcwinamp.dll" "$(HexChatRel)\plugins"
 copy "$(HexChatBin)hcsysinfo.dll" "$(HexChatRel)\plugins"
 copy "$(HexChatBin)hcwmpa.dll" "$(HexChatRel)\plugins"
-xcopy /q /s /i "$(HexChatBin)locale" "$(HexChatRel)\locale"
+xcopy /q /s /i "$(HexChatBin)locale" "$(HexChatRel)\share\locale"
 xcopy /q /s /i "$(DepsRoot)\share\locale" "$(HexChatRel)\share\locale"
 copy "$(ProgramFiles)\Codejock Software\ISSkin\ISSkinU.dll" "$(HexChatRel)"
 	</HexChatCopy>
diff --git a/win32/installer/hexchat-x64.skel.iss b/win32/installer/hexchat-x64.skel.iss
index d318b45c..385ccaf2 100644
--- a/win32/installer/hexchat-x64.skel.iss
+++ b/win32/installer/hexchat-x64.skel.iss
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ Source: "cert.pem"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion; Components: libs
 Source: "etc\gtk-2.0\gtkrc"; DestDir: "{app}\etc\gtk-2.0"; Flags: ignoreversion; Components: gtktheme
 ;Source: "etc\gtk-2.0\gtkrc"; DestDir: "{app}\etc\gtk-2.0"; Flags: ignoreversion; Components: libs and not gtkengines
 Source: "share\xml\*"; DestDir: "{app}\share\xml"; Flags: ignoreversion createallsubdirs recursesubdirs; Components: libs
-Source: "locale\*"; DestDir: "{app}\locale"; Flags: ignoreversion createallsubdirs recursesubdirs; Components: translations
 Source: "share\doc\*"; DestDir: "{app}\share\doc"; Flags: ignoreversion createallsubdirs recursesubdirs; Components: libs
 Source: "share\locale\*"; DestDir: "{app}\share\locale"; Flags: ignoreversion createallsubdirs recursesubdirs; Components: translations
 
diff --git a/win32/installer/hexchat-x86.skel.iss b/win32/installer/hexchat-x86.skel.iss
index ea25c3f2..ec6a8e7a 100644
--- a/win32/installer/hexchat-x86.skel.iss
+++ b/win32/installer/hexchat-x86.skel.iss
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ Source: "cert.pem"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion; Components: libs
 Source: "etc\gtk-2.0\gtkrc"; DestDir: "{app}\etc\gtk-2.0"; Flags: ignoreversion; Components: gtktheme
 ;Source: "etc\gtk-2.0\gtkrc"; DestDir: "{app}\etc\gtk-2.0"; Flags: ignoreversion; Components: libs and not gtkengines
 Source: "share\xml\*"; DestDir: "{app}\share\xml"; Flags: ignoreversion createallsubdirs recursesubdirs; Components: libs
-Source: "locale\*"; DestDir: "{app}\locale"; Flags: ignoreversion createallsubdirs recursesubdirs; Components: translations
 Source: "share\doc\*"; DestDir: "{app}\share\doc"; Flags: ignoreversion createallsubdirs recursesubdirs; Components: libs
 Source: "share\locale\*"; DestDir: "{app}\share\locale"; Flags: ignoreversion createallsubdirs recursesubdirs; Components: translations
 
diff --git a/win32/installer/hexchat-xp-x64.skel.iss b/win32/installer/hexchat-xp-x64.skel.iss
index 7661ef27..69f3cce8 100644
--- a/win32/installer/hexchat-xp-x64.skel.iss
+++ b/win32/installer/hexchat-xp-x64.skel.iss
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ Source: "LICENSE.LIBXML"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion; Components: li
 Source: "etc\gtk-2.0\gtkrc"; DestDir: "{app}\etc\gtk-2.0"; Flags: ignoreversion; Components: gtktheme
 ;Source: "etc\gtk-2.0\gtkrc"; DestDir: "{app}\etc\gtk-2.0"; Flags: ignoreversion; Components: libs and not gtkengines
 Source: "share\xml\*"; DestDir: "{app}\share\xml"; Flags: ignoreversion createallsubdirs recursesubdirs; Components: libs
-Source: "locale\*"; DestDir: "{app}\locale"; Flags: ignoreversion createallsubdirs recursesubdirs; Components: translations
 Source: "share\locale\*"; DestDir: "{app}\share\locale"; Flags: ignoreversion createallsubdirs recursesubdirs; Components: translations
 ;Source: "share\myspell\*"; DestDir: "{app}\share\myspell"; Flags: ignoreversion createallsubdirs recursesubdirs; Components: spelling
 
diff --git a/win32/installer/hexchat-xp-x86.skel.iss b/win32/installer/hexchat-xp-x86.skel.iss
index 0c27aeac..4bffaa04 100644
--- a/win32/installer/hexchat-xp-x86.skel.iss
+++ b/win32/installer/hexchat-xp-x86.skel.iss
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ Source: "LICENSE.LIBXML"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion; Components: li
 Source: "etc\gtk-2.0\gtkrc"; DestDir: "{app}\etc\gtk-2.0"; Flags: ignoreversion; Components: gtktheme
 ;Source: "etc\gtk-2.0\gtkrc"; DestDir: "{app}\etc\gtk-2.0"; Flags: ignoreversion; Components: libs and not gtkengines
 Source: "share\xml\*"; DestDir: "{app}\share\xml"; Flags: ignoreversion createallsubdirs recursesubdirs; Components: libs
-Source: "locale\*"; DestDir: "{app}\locale"; Flags: ignoreversion createallsubdirs recursesubdirs; Components: translations
 Source: "share\locale\*"; DestDir: "{app}\share\locale"; Flags: ignoreversion createallsubdirs recursesubdirs; Components: translations
 ;Source: "share\myspell\*"; DestDir: "{app}\share\myspell"; Flags: ignoreversion createallsubdirs recursesubdirs; Components: spelling