From 20b0aab470a071cee13c2acb14f7aa5da0befd3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: deepend-tildeclub <58404188+deepend-tildeclub@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 14:23:53 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Modify pre-build event for locale directory handling

Updated pre-build event command to check for existence before removing the locale directory.
---
 win32/nls/nls.vcxproj | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/win32/nls/nls.vcxproj b/win32/nls/nls.vcxproj
index f6411e0b..13143bfb 100644
--- a/win32/nls/nls.vcxproj
+++ b/win32/nls/nls.vcxproj
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <PreBuildEvent>
       <Command>cd ..\..\po
-rmdir /q /s "$(OutDir)\locale"
+if exist "$(OutDir)\locale" rmdir /q /s "$(OutDir)\locale"
 mkdir "$(OutDir)\locale"
 for %%A in (*.po) do (
 mkdir "$(OutDir)\locale\%%~nA\LC_MESSAGES"
@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ mkdir "$(OutDir)\locale\%%~nA\LC_MESSAGES"
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
 </Project>
+