Here is an interesting issue that appeared in the Microsoft forums. File Explorer showed up a mirrored or reversed layout, that is Right-to-Left as in Arabic versions. Also, the right-click menu options showed some Arabic text for some users.
It turned out to be WinRar that caused the UI and menus to go Right-to-Left. This problem seems to exist particularly in WinRar version 5.31. And WinRar’s Release notes mention the interface improvements for Right-to-Left languages. So something has gone haywire in v5.31 during the recent code change.
Update (Feb 25, 2016): This issue occurs if the user has installed the Arabic version of WinRar on the English-language version of Windows. To resolve the issue without uninstalling WinRar, delete all the *.lng files in the WinRAR folder, which is located at:
C:\Program Files\WinRar
or
C:\Program Files (x86)\WinRar
…depending upon the version of WinRar you installed and the bitness of your OS.
After deleting all the files with the .lng extension, restart Windows.
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