diff --git a/src/Etterna/Actor/Base/BitmapText.cpp b/src/Etterna/Actor/Base/BitmapText.cpp
index 0f5be630b9..ba98031833 100644
--- a/src/Etterna/Actor/Base/BitmapText.cpp
+++ b/src/Etterna/Actor/Base/BitmapText.cpp
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ BitmapText::SetTextInternal()
 	m_wTextLines.clear();
 
 	if (m_iWrapWidthPixels == -1) {
-		split(RStringToWstring(m_sText), L"\n", m_wTextLines, false);
+		split(StringToWString(m_sText), L"\n", m_wTextLines, false);
 	} else {
 		// Break sText into lines that don't exceed iWrapWidthPixels. (if only
 		// one word fits on the line, it may be larger than iWrapWidthPixels).
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ BitmapText::SetTextInternal()
 
 			for (auto& sWord : asWords) {
 				const auto iWidthWord =
-				  m_pFont->GetLineWidthInSourcePixels(RStringToWstring(sWord));
+				  m_pFont->GetLineWidthInSourcePixels(StringToWString(sWord));
 
 				if (sCurLine.empty()) {
 					sCurLine = sWord;
@@ -604,12 +604,12 @@ BitmapText::SetTextInternal()
 					sCurLine += sToAdd;
 					iCurLineWidth += iWidthToAdd;
 				} else {
-					m_wTextLines.push_back(RStringToWstring(sCurLine));
+					m_wTextLines.push_back(StringToWString(sCurLine));
 					sCurLine = sWord;
 					iCurLineWidth = iWidthWord;
 				}
 			}
-			m_wTextLines.push_back(RStringToWstring(sCurLine));
+			m_wTextLines.push_back(StringToWString(sCurLine));
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -718,11 +718,11 @@ BitmapText::StringWillUseAlternate(const std::string& sText,
 		return false;
 
 	// False if the alternate isn't needed.
-	if (m_pFont->FontCompleteForString(RStringToWstring(sText)))
+	if (m_pFont->FontCompleteForString(StringToWString(sText)))
 		return false;
 
 	// False if the alternate is also incomplete.
-	if (!m_pFont->FontCompleteForString(RStringToWstring(sAlternateText)))
+	if (!m_pFont->FontCompleteForString(StringToWString(sAlternateText)))
 		return false;
 
 	return true;
@@ -1341,7 +1341,7 @@ void
 ColorBitmapText::SimpleAddLine(const std::string& sAddition,
 							   const int iWidthPixels)
 {
-	m_wTextLines.push_back(RStringToWstring(sAddition));
+	m_wTextLines.push_back(StringToWString(sAddition));
 	m_iLineWidths.push_back(iWidthPixels);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Etterna/Actor/GameplayAndMenus/BGAnimation.cpp b/src/Etterna/Actor/GameplayAndMenus/BGAnimation.cpp
index 5d74934f9b..eae3886f6a 100644
--- a/src/Etterna/Actor/GameplayAndMenus/BGAnimation.cpp
+++ b/src/Etterna/Actor/GameplayAndMenus/BGAnimation.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ BGAnimation::LoadFromAniDir(const std::string& _sAniDir)
 		GetDirListing(sAniDir + "*.mpg", asImagePaths, false, true);
 		GetDirListing(sAniDir + "*.mpeg", asImagePaths, false, true);
 
-		SortRStringArray(asImagePaths);
+		SortStringArray(asImagePaths);
 
 		for (auto& sPath : asImagePaths) {
 			if (Basename(sPath).front() == '_')
diff --git a/src/Etterna/Models/Fonts/Font.cpp b/src/Etterna/Models/Fonts/Font.cpp
index 40325de18d..b9d04d92a7 100644
--- a/src/Etterna/Models/Fonts/Font.cpp
+++ b/src/Etterna/Models/Fonts/Font.cpp
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ Font::LoadFontPageSettings(FontPageSettings& cfg,
 
 				// Decode the std::string.
 				const wstring wdata(
-				  RStringToWstring(pValue->GetValue<std::string>()));
+				  StringToWString(pValue->GetValue<std::string>()));
 
 				if (static_cast<int>(wdata.size()) > num_frames_wide) {
 					LuaHelpers::ReportScriptErrorFmt(
diff --git a/src/Etterna/Models/Misc/Profile.cpp b/src/Etterna/Models/Misc/Profile.cpp
index fdcb5b8a12..61a302b500 100644
--- a/src/Etterna/Models/Misc/Profile.cpp
+++ b/src/Etterna/Models/Misc/Profile.cpp
@@ -453,10 +453,10 @@ Profile::LoadEditableDataFromDir(const std::string& sDir)
 	ini.GetValue("Editable", "LastUsedHighScoreName", m_sLastUsedHighScoreName);
 
 	// This is data that the user can change, so we have to validate it.
-	auto wstr = RStringToWstring(m_sDisplayName);
+	auto wstr = StringToWString(m_sDisplayName);
 	if (wstr.size() > PROFILE_MAX_DISPLAY_NAME_LENGTH)
 		wstr = wstr.substr(0, PROFILE_MAX_DISPLAY_NAME_LENGTH);
-	m_sDisplayName = WStringToRString(wstr);
+	m_sDisplayName = WStringToString(wstr);
 	// TODO: strip invalid chars?
 
 	return ProfileLoadResult_Success;
diff --git a/src/Etterna/Models/NoteLoaders/NotesLoaderSMA.cpp b/src/Etterna/Models/NoteLoaders/NotesLoaderSMA.cpp
index c17457643c..dafa2797dc 100644
--- a/src/Etterna/Models/NoteLoaders/NotesLoaderSMA.cpp
+++ b/src/Etterna/Models/NoteLoaders/NotesLoaderSMA.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ SMALoader::ProcessSpeeds(TimingData& out,
 			// Aldo_MX: 4 is the default value in SMA, although SM5 requires 0
 			// for the first segment :/
 			// dunno what this is doing or if this is right (used to be implicit
-			// conversion of rstring compared to vs1.begin()
+			// conversion of string compared to vs1.begin()
 			vs2.push_back(s1 == vs1[0] ? "0" : "4");
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/Etterna/Models/Songs/SongUtil.cpp b/src/Etterna/Models/Songs/SongUtil.cpp
index 083773e1ad..8378083386 100644
--- a/src/Etterna/Models/Songs/SongUtil.cpp
+++ b/src/Etterna/Models/Songs/SongUtil.cpp
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ CompareSongPointersByBPM(const Song* pSong1, const Song* pSong2)
 	if (bpms1.GetMax() > bpms2.GetMax())
 		return false;
 
-	return CompareRStringsAsc(pSong1->GetSongFilePath(),
+	return CompareStringsAsc(pSong1->GetSongFilePath(),
 							  pSong2->GetSongFilePath());
 }
 
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ CompareSongPointersByLength(const Song* a, const Song* b)
 	if (len_a > len_b)
 		return false;
 
-	return CompareRStringsAsc(a->GetSongFilePath(), b->GetSongFilePath());
+	return CompareStringsAsc(a->GetSongFilePath(), b->GetSongFilePath());
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/Etterna/Screen/Network/ScreenNetSelectBase.cpp b/src/Etterna/Screen/Network/ScreenNetSelectBase.cpp
index 7ba9dec02b..1b5ae2cd3b 100644
--- a/src/Etterna/Screen/Network/ScreenNetSelectBase.cpp
+++ b/src/Etterna/Screen/Network/ScreenNetSelectBase.cpp
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ ScreenNetSelectBase::Input(const InputEventPlus& input)
 				wchar_t c;
 				c = INPUTMAN->DeviceInputToChar(input.DeviceI, true);
 				if (c >= L' ' && enableChatboxInput) {
-					m_sTextInput += WStringToRString(std::wstring() + c);
+					m_sTextInput += WStringToString(std::wstring() + c);
 					UpdateTextInput();
 					return true;
 				}
diff --git a/src/Etterna/Screen/Options/ScreenOptionsMasterPrefs.cpp b/src/Etterna/Screen/Options/ScreenOptionsMasterPrefs.cpp
index 486add8405..ea0633f690 100644
--- a/src/Etterna/Screen/Options/ScreenOptionsMasterPrefs.cpp
+++ b/src/Etterna/Screen/Options/ScreenOptionsMasterPrefs.cpp
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ LanguageChoices(vector<std::string>& out)
 {
 	vector<std::string> vs;
 	THEME->GetLanguages(vs);
-	SortRStringArray(vs, true);
+	SortStringArray(vs, true);
 
 	for (auto& s : vs) {
 		const LanguageInfo* pLI = GetLanguageInfo(s);
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ Language(int& sel, bool ToSel, const ConfOption* pConfOption)
 {
 	vector<std::string> vs;
 	THEME->GetLanguages(vs);
-	SortRStringArray(vs, true);
+	SortStringArray(vs, true);
 
 	if (ToSel) {
 		sel = -1;
diff --git a/src/Etterna/Screen/Others/ScreenSelectLanguage.cpp b/src/Etterna/Screen/Others/ScreenSelectLanguage.cpp
index 005f94f7b6..22693ea428 100644
--- a/src/Etterna/Screen/Others/ScreenSelectLanguage.cpp
+++ b/src/Etterna/Screen/Others/ScreenSelectLanguage.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ScreenSelectLanguage::Init()
 	// fill m_aGameCommands before calling Init()
 	vector<std::string> vs;
 	THEME->GetLanguages(vs);
-	SortRStringArray(vs, true);
+	SortStringArray(vs, true);
 
 	FOREACH_CONST(std::string, vs, s)
 	{
diff --git a/src/Etterna/Screen/Others/ScreenTextEntry.cpp b/src/Etterna/Screen/Others/ScreenTextEntry.cpp
index 1da3184cb8..78e5879f1d 100644
--- a/src/Etterna/Screen/Others/ScreenTextEntry.cpp
+++ b/src/Etterna/Screen/Others/ScreenTextEntry.cpp
@@ -378,9 +378,9 @@ void
 ScreenTextEntry::BeginScreen()
 {
 	if (sInitialAnswer != "")
-		m_sAnswer = RStringToWstring(sInitialAnswer);
+		m_sAnswer = StringToWString(sInitialAnswer);
 	else
-		m_sAnswer = RStringToWstring(g_sInitialAnswer);
+		m_sAnswer = StringToWString(g_sInitialAnswer);
 
 	ScreenWithMenuElements::BeginScreen();
 
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ ScreenTextEntry::UpdateAnswerText()
 	if (g_bPassword || bPassword)
 		s = std::string(m_sAnswer.size(), '*');
 	else
-		s = WStringToRString(m_sAnswer);
+		s = WStringToString(m_sAnswer);
 
 	bool bAnswerFull = static_cast<int>(s.length()) >=
 					   std::max(g_iMaxInputLength, iMaxInputLength);
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ ScreenTextEntry::Input(const InputEventPlus& input)
 			bHandled = true;
 		} else if (c >= L' ') {
 			// todo: handle caps lock -aj
-			auto str = WStringToRString(std::wstring() + c);
+			auto str = WStringToString(std::wstring() + c);
 			TryAppendToAnswer(str);
 
 			TextEnteredDirectly();
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ void
 ScreenTextEntry::TryAppendToAnswer(const std::string& s)
 {
 	{
-		std::wstring sNewAnswer = m_sAnswer + RStringToWstring(s);
+		std::wstring sNewAnswer = m_sAnswer + StringToWString(s);
 		if (static_cast<int>(sNewAnswer.length()) >
 			std::max(g_iMaxInputLength, iMaxInputLength)) {
 			SCREENMAN->PlayInvalidSound();
@@ -495,19 +495,19 @@ ScreenTextEntry::TryAppendToAnswer(const std::string& s)
 
 	if (!ValidateAppendFunc.IsNil() && ValidateAppendFunc.IsSet()) {
 		ValidateAppendFromLua(
-		  WStringToRString(m_sAnswer), s, ValidateAppendFunc);
+		  WStringToString(m_sAnswer), s, ValidateAppendFunc);
 	} else if (pValidateAppend != nullptr) {
-		if (!pValidateAppend(WStringToRString(m_sAnswer), s)) {
+		if (!pValidateAppend(WStringToString(m_sAnswer), s)) {
 			SCREENMAN->PlayInvalidSound();
 			return;
 		}
 	} else if (g_pValidateAppend &&
-			   !g_pValidateAppend(WStringToRString(m_sAnswer), s)) {
+			   !g_pValidateAppend(WStringToString(m_sAnswer), s)) {
 		SCREENMAN->PlayInvalidSound();
 		return;
 	}
 
-	std::wstring sNewAnswer = m_sAnswer + RStringToWstring(s);
+	std::wstring sNewAnswer = m_sAnswer + StringToWString(s);
 	m_sAnswer = sNewAnswer;
 	m_sndType.Play(true);
 	UpdateAnswerText();
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ ScreenTextEntry::End(bool bCancelled)
 		Cancel(SM_GoToNextScreen);
 		// TweenOffScreen();
 	} else {
-		std::string sAnswer = WStringToRString(m_sAnswer);
+		std::string sAnswer = WStringToString(m_sAnswer);
 		std::string sError;
 
 		if (!ValidateFunc.IsNil() && ValidateFunc.IsSet()) {
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ ScreenTextEntry::End(bool bCancelled)
 			}
 		}
 
-		std::string ret = WStringToRString(m_sAnswer);
+		std::string ret = WStringToString(m_sAnswer);
 		FontCharAliases::ReplaceMarkers(ret);
 		if (!OnOKFunc.IsNil() && OnOKFunc.IsSet()) {
 			OnOKFromLua(ret, OnOKFunc);
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ ScreenTextEntry::End(bool bCancelled)
 	}
 
 	s_bCancelledLast = bCancelled;
-	s_sLastAnswer = bCancelled ? std::string("") : WStringToRString(m_sAnswer);
+	s_sLastAnswer = bCancelled ? std::string("") : WStringToString(m_sAnswer);
 }
 
 bool
diff --git a/src/Etterna/Singletons/SongManager.h b/src/Etterna/Singletons/SongManager.h
index ded8af95c7..be4310f6e7 100644
--- a/src/Etterna/Singletons/SongManager.h
+++ b/src/Etterna/Singletons/SongManager.h
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ class SongManager
 		auto operator()(const std::string& s, const std::string& t) const
 		  -> bool
 		{
-			return CompareRStringsAsc(s, t);
+			return CompareStringsAsc(s, t);
 		}
 	};
 	using SongPointerVector = std::vector<Song*>;
diff --git a/src/Etterna/Singletons/ThemeManager.cpp b/src/Etterna/Singletons/ThemeManager.cpp
index 3edd38112f..99be718f42 100644
--- a/src/Etterna/Singletons/ThemeManager.cpp
+++ b/src/Etterna/Singletons/ThemeManager.cpp
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ ThemeManager::RunLuaScripts(const std::string& sMask, bool bUseThemeDir)
 		vector<std::string> asElementChildPaths;
 		vector<std::string> arrayScriptDirs;
 		GetDirListing(sScriptDir + "Scripts/*", arrayScriptDirs, true);
-		SortRStringArray(arrayScriptDirs);
+		SortStringArray(arrayScriptDirs);
 		for (auto& s : arrayScriptDirs) // foreach dir in /Scripts/
 		{
 			// Find all Lua files in this directory, add them to asElementPaths
diff --git a/src/RageUtil/Utils/RageUtil.cpp b/src/RageUtil/Utils/RageUtil.cpp
index 2f3f3fc571..e25890cdfc 100644
--- a/src/RageUtil/Utils/RageUtil.cpp
+++ b/src/RageUtil/Utils/RageUtil.cpp
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ ends_with(std::string const& source, std::string const& target)
 		   tail(source, target.size()) == target;
 }
 
-/* Stuff taken from ragestring.cpp where they already got rid of rstring
- * apparently /shrug */
 void
 s_replace(std::string& target, std::string const& from, std::string const& to)
 {
@@ -840,8 +838,8 @@ do_split(const S& Source,
 			if (startpos == 0 && pos - startpos == Source.size())
 				AddIt.push_back(Source);
 			else {
-				const S AddRString = Source.substr(startpos, pos - startpos);
-				AddIt.push_back(AddRString);
+				const S AddString = Source.substr(startpos, pos - startpos);
+				AddIt.push_back(AddString);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -1024,7 +1022,7 @@ GetFileNameWithoutExtension(const std::string& sPath)
 void
 MakeValidFilename(std::string& sName)
 {
-	auto wsName = RStringToWstring(sName);
+	auto wsName = StringToWString(sName);
 	const wstring wsInvalid = L"/\\:*?\"<>|";
 	for (auto& i : wsName) {
 		const auto w = i;
@@ -1044,7 +1042,7 @@ MakeValidFilename(std::string& sName)
 		i = '_';
 	}
 
-	sName = WStringToRString(wsName);
+	sName = WStringToString(wsName);
 }
 
 bool
@@ -1206,23 +1204,23 @@ DirectoryIsEmpty(const std::string& sDir)
 }
 
 bool
-CompareRStringsAsc(const std::string& a, const std::string& b)
+CompareStringsAsc(const std::string& a, const std::string& b)
 {
 	return CompareNoCase(a, b) > 0;
 }
 
 bool
-CompareRStringsDesc(const std::string& a, const std::string& b)
+CompareStringsDesc(const std::string& a, const std::string& b)
 {
 	return CompareNoCase(b, a) > 0;
 }
 
 void
-SortRStringArray(vector<std::string>& arrayRStrings, const bool bSortAscending)
+SortStringArray(vector<std::string>& arrayStrings, const bool bSortAscending)
 {
-	sort(arrayRStrings.begin(),
-		 arrayRStrings.end(),
-		 bSortAscending ? CompareRStringsAsc : CompareRStringsDesc);
+	sort(arrayStrings.begin(),
+		 arrayStrings.end(),
+		 bSortAscending ? CompareStringsAsc : CompareStringsDesc);
 }
 
 float
@@ -1856,7 +1854,7 @@ FloatToString(const float& num)
 const wchar_t INVALID_CHAR = 0xFFFD; /* U+FFFD REPLACEMENT CHARACTER */
 
 wstring
-RStringToWstring(const std::string& s)
+StringToWString(const std::string& s)
 {
 	wstring ret;
 	ret.reserve(s.size());
@@ -1879,7 +1877,7 @@ RStringToWstring(const std::string& s)
 }
 
 std::string
-WStringToRString(const wstring& sStr)
+WStringToString(const wstring& sStr)
 {
 	std::string sRet;
 
@@ -2413,7 +2411,7 @@ LuaFunction(Lowercase, MakeLower(SArg(1))) static std::string
 	return make_upper(s);
 }
 LuaFunction(Uppercase, MakeUpper(SArg(1)))
-  LuaFunction(mbstrlen, static_cast<int>(RStringToWstring(SArg(1)).length()))
+  LuaFunction(mbstrlen, static_cast<int>(StringToWString(SArg(1)).length()))
 	LuaFunction(URLEncode, URLEncode(SArg(1)));
 LuaFunction(PrettyPercent, PrettyPercent(FArg(1), FArg(2)));
 // LuaFunction( IsHexVal, IsHexVal( SArg(1) ) );
diff --git a/src/RageUtil/Utils/RageUtil.h b/src/RageUtil/Utils/RageUtil.h
index 798b820a5f..af68acd917 100644
--- a/src/RageUtil/Utils/RageUtil.h
+++ b/src/RageUtil/Utils/RageUtil.h
@@ -650,11 +650,11 @@ operator>>(const std::string& lhs, T& rhs) -> bool
 }
 
 auto
-WStringToRString(const std::wstring& sString) -> std::string;
+WStringToString(const std::wstring& sString) -> std::string;
 auto
 WcharToUTF8(wchar_t c) -> std::string;
 auto
-RStringToWstring(const std::string& sString) -> std::wstring;
+StringToWString(const std::string& sString) -> std::wstring;
 
 struct LanguageInfo
 {
@@ -769,9 +769,9 @@ auto
 DirectoryIsEmpty(const std::string& sPath) -> bool;
 
 auto
-CompareRStringsAsc(const std::string& sStr1, const std::string& sStr2) -> bool;
+CompareStringsAsc(const std::string& sStr1, const std::string& sStr2) -> bool;
 void
-SortRStringArray(std::vector<std::string>& asAddTo, bool bSortAscending = true);
+SortStringArray(std::vector<std::string>& asAddTo, bool bSortAscending = true);
 
 /* Find the mean and standard deviation of all numbers in [start,end). */
 auto
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ FixSlashesInPlace(std::string& sPath);
 void
 CollapsePath(std::string& sPath, bool bRemoveLeadingDot = false);
 
-/** @brief Utilities for converting the RStrings. */
+/** @brief Utilities for converting the Strings. */
 namespace StringConversion {
 template<typename T>
 auto
diff --git a/src/RageUtil/Utils/RageUtil_CharConversions.cpp b/src/RageUtil/Utils/RageUtil_CharConversions.cpp
index f87f54101d..b094be93cd 100644
--- a/src/RageUtil/Utils/RageUtil_CharConversions.cpp
+++ b/src/RageUtil/Utils/RageUtil_CharConversions.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ CodePageConvert(std::string& sText, int iCodePage)
 								iSize);
 	ASSERT(iSize != 0);
 
-	sText = WStringToRString(sOut);
+	sText = WStringToString(sOut);
 	return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_Win32.cpp b/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_Win32.cpp
index 6e6e0e9ead..8c94422422 100644
--- a/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_Win32.cpp
+++ b/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_Win32.cpp
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ ArchHooks_Win32::GetClipboard()
 	// contents, pointed to by sToPaste. (Hopefully.)
 
 #ifdef UNICODE
-	ret = WStringToRString(wstring() + *lpstr);
+	ret = WStringToString(wstring() + *lpstr);
 #else
 	ret = std::string(lpstr);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/arch/InputHandler/InputHandler.cpp b/src/arch/InputHandler/InputHandler.cpp
index 132d2f33c2..3752ec7aab 100644
--- a/src/arch/InputHandler/InputHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/arch/InputHandler/InputHandler.cpp
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ InputHandler::GetDeviceSpecificInputString(const DeviceInput& di)
 		wchar_t c = DeviceButtonToChar(di.button, false);
 		if (c && c != L' ') // Don't show "Key  " for space.
 			return InputDeviceToString(di.device) + " " +
-				   Capitalize(WStringToRString(std::wstring() + c));
+				   Capitalize(WStringToString(std::wstring() + c));
 	}
 
 	std::string s = DeviceButtonToString(di.button);
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ InputHandler::GetLocalizedInputString(const DeviceInput& di)
 		default:
 			wchar_t c = DeviceButtonToChar(di.button, false);
 			if (c && c != L' ') // Don't show "Key  " for space.
-				return Capitalize(WStringToRString(std::wstring() + c));
+				return Capitalize(WStringToString(std::wstring() + c));
 
 			return DeviceButtonToString(di.button);
 	}
diff --git a/src/arch/MovieTexture/MovieTexture_DShow.cpp b/src/arch/MovieTexture/MovieTexture_DShow.cpp
index 6656f56076..b22ccaa5a9 100644
--- a/src/arch/MovieTexture/MovieTexture_DShow.cpp
+++ b/src/arch/MovieTexture/MovieTexture_DShow.cpp
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ GetVideoCodecDebugInfo()
 		CHECKPOINT;
 		if (ICGetInfo(hic, &info, sizeof(ICINFO))) {
 			CheckCodecVersion(FourCCToString(info.fccHandler),
-							  WStringToRString(info.szDescription));
+							  WStringToString(info.szDescription));
 			CHECKPOINT;
 
 			LOG->Info("    %s: %ls (%ls)",
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ MovieTexture_DShow::GetActiveFilterList()
 
 		if (ret != "")
 			ret += ", ";
-		ret += WStringToRString(FilterInfo.achName);
+		ret += WStringToString(FilterInfo.achName);
 
 		if (FilterInfo.pGraph)
 			FilterInfo.pGraph->Release();
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ MovieTexture_DShow::Create()
 
 	// Add the source filter
 	CComPtr<IBaseFilter> pFSrc; // Source Filter
-	wstring wFileName = RStringToWstring(actualID.filename);
+	wstring wFileName = StringToWString(actualID.filename);
 
 	// if this fails, it's probably because the user doesn't have DivX installed
 	/* No, it also happens if the movie can't be opened for some reason; for
diff --git a/src/archutils/Win32/ErrorStrings.cpp b/src/archutils/Win32/ErrorStrings.cpp
index a92e50384f..c2253e4604 100644
--- a/src/archutils/Win32/ErrorStrings.cpp
+++ b/src/archutils/Win32/ErrorStrings.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ ConvertWstringToCodepage(const std::wstring& s, int iCodePage)
 std::string
 ConvertUTF8ToACP(const std::string& s)
 {
-	return ConvertWstringToCodepage(RStringToWstring(s), CP_ACP);
+	return ConvertWstringToCodepage(StringToWString(s), CP_ACP);
 }
 
 std::wstring
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ ConvertCodepageToWString(const std::string& s, int iCodePage)
 std::string
 ConvertACPToUTF8(const std::string& s)
 {
-	return WStringToRString(ConvertCodepageToWString(s, CP_ACP));
+	return WStringToString(ConvertCodepageToWString(s, CP_ACP));
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/archutils/Win32/GraphicsWindow.cpp b/src/archutils/Win32/GraphicsWindow.cpp
index 710b8d0a50..6baf27281b 100644
--- a/src/archutils/Win32/GraphicsWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/archutils/Win32/GraphicsWindow.cpp
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ GraphicsWindow::Initialize(bool bD3D)
 
 	AppInstance inst;
 	do {
-		const std::wstring wsClassName = RStringToWstring(g_sClassName);
+		const std::wstring wsClassName = StringToWString(g_sClassName);
 		WNDCLASSW WindowClassW = {
 			CS_OWNDC | CS_BYTEALIGNCLIENT,
 			GraphicsWindow_WndProc,