diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bfa1210021..a32dd4850e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-08-11  Steve Lhomme  <steve.lhomme@free.fr>
+
+	* win32/config.h:
+	* win32/GStreamer.vcproj:
+	  compile and install the locales
+
 2004-08-11  Steve Lhomme  <steve.lhomme@free.fr>
 
 	* gst/gstvalue.c:
diff --git a/win32/GStreamer.vcproj b/win32/GStreamer.vcproj
index 6ef9f8824c..21a66ecdad 100644
--- a/win32/GStreamer.vcproj
+++ b/win32/GStreamer.vcproj
@@ -57,8 +57,12 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
 				CommandLine="del gst.def
+mkdir c:\gstreamer
+mkdir c:\gstreamer\bin
 copy /Y $(TargetPath) c:\gstreamer\bin
-"/>
+for %%i in (af az ca cs en_GB fr nl sq sr sv tr uk) do msgfmt -o ..\po\%%i.mo ..\po\%%i.po
+for %%i in (af az ca cs en_GB fr nl sq sr sv tr uk) do mkdir c:\gstreamer\locale\%%i
+for %%i in (af az ca cs en_GB fr nl sq sr sv tr uk) do copy /Y ..\po\%%i.mo c:\gstreamer\locale\%%i\gstreamer-0.8.mo"/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
 				CommandLine="copy $(ProjectDir)\gstconfig.h $(ProjectDir)\..\gst\gstconfig.h
@@ -133,8 +137,12 @@ type gstreamer-dbg.def &gt;&gt; gst.def
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
 				CommandLine="del gst.def
+mkdir c:\gstreamer
+mkdir c:\gstreamer\bin
 copy /Y $(TargetPath) c:\gstreamer\bin
-"/>
+for %%i in (af az ca cs en_GB fr nl sq sr sv tr uk) do msgfmt -o ..\po\%%i.mo ..\po\%%i.po
+for %%i in (af az ca cs en_GB fr nl sq sr sv tr uk) do mkdir c:\gstreamer\locale\%%i
+for %%i in (af az ca cs en_GB fr nl sq sr sv tr uk) do copy /Y ..\po\%%i.mo c:\gstreamer\locale\%%i\gstreamer-0.8.mo"/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
 				CommandLine="copy $(ProjectDir)\gstconfig.h $(ProjectDir)\..\gst\gstconfig.h
diff --git a/win32/config.h b/win32/config.h
index 6867d030be..3f9f945273 100644
--- a/win32/config.h
+++ b/win32/config.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #define GST_LICENSE "LGPL"
 
 /* Define the location where the catalogs will be installed */
-#define LOCALEDIR ".\locale"
+#define LOCALEDIR GST_CACHE_DIR"\\locale"
 
 /* package origin */
 #define GST_ORIGIN "http://gstreamer.net"
diff --git a/win32/vs7/GStreamer.vcproj b/win32/vs7/GStreamer.vcproj
index 6ef9f8824c..21a66ecdad 100644
--- a/win32/vs7/GStreamer.vcproj
+++ b/win32/vs7/GStreamer.vcproj
@@ -57,8 +57,12 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
 				CommandLine="del gst.def
+mkdir c:\gstreamer
+mkdir c:\gstreamer\bin
 copy /Y $(TargetPath) c:\gstreamer\bin
-"/>
+for %%i in (af az ca cs en_GB fr nl sq sr sv tr uk) do msgfmt -o ..\po\%%i.mo ..\po\%%i.po
+for %%i in (af az ca cs en_GB fr nl sq sr sv tr uk) do mkdir c:\gstreamer\locale\%%i
+for %%i in (af az ca cs en_GB fr nl sq sr sv tr uk) do copy /Y ..\po\%%i.mo c:\gstreamer\locale\%%i\gstreamer-0.8.mo"/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
 				CommandLine="copy $(ProjectDir)\gstconfig.h $(ProjectDir)\..\gst\gstconfig.h
@@ -133,8 +137,12 @@ type gstreamer-dbg.def &gt;&gt; gst.def
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
 				CommandLine="del gst.def
+mkdir c:\gstreamer
+mkdir c:\gstreamer\bin
 copy /Y $(TargetPath) c:\gstreamer\bin
-"/>
+for %%i in (af az ca cs en_GB fr nl sq sr sv tr uk) do msgfmt -o ..\po\%%i.mo ..\po\%%i.po
+for %%i in (af az ca cs en_GB fr nl sq sr sv tr uk) do mkdir c:\gstreamer\locale\%%i
+for %%i in (af az ca cs en_GB fr nl sq sr sv tr uk) do copy /Y ..\po\%%i.mo c:\gstreamer\locale\%%i\gstreamer-0.8.mo"/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
 				CommandLine="copy $(ProjectDir)\gstconfig.h $(ProjectDir)\..\gst\gstconfig.h