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dknguyen · 19th April 2008, 11:00 PM

Ever since I installed the Japanese character set into Windows, some programs (like Nero and SoundMax) have suddenly changed to Japanese text and I can't find a way to change it back. Even if I uninstall and reinstall, the text in the installation appears as Japanese. It's like it's detecting something in my PC and changing the language, except that Japanese was never set to be the default anywhere.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

Salgat · 19th April 2008, 11:12 PM

I used Korean once, and to change everything back I simply went into Control Panel>Regional and Language Options. Not sure if that will help your specific problem though.

dknguyen · 19th April 2008, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Salgat

I used Korean once, and to change everything back I simply went into Control Panel>Regional and Language Options. Not sure if that will help your specific problem though.

I figured it out. It seems when I installed the Japanese character set I also set the PC to interpret non-unicode characters as Japanese which would make some programs default to japanese text. I changed to English under Language And Regional settings and it fixe dit.

**Nigel Goodwin** · 20th April 2008, 11:42 AM

Lock your doors, don't let the foreign characters get in!

shokjok · 25th May 2008, 04:34 AM

Was the documentation in the same language? To quote Matthew Wilder's album ( remember those LPs?),"I Don't Speak the Language".

dknguyen · 25th May 2008, 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by shokjok

Was the documentation in the same language? To quote Matthew Wilder's album ( remember those LPs?),"I Don't Speak the Language".

Documentaiton is for chumps. But no, documentation it was in English. It seems some parts of various programs like the text in the installation and other parts of the program are classified differently and "lock on" to the Language you have chosen to display unicode text as and translates it as such, and in some cases there is no way to change it short of a reinstall with a different language setting for the unicode characters.

Hero999 · 25th May 2008, 10:07 AM

Controll panel / Fonts - delete the ones you don't want.

19th April 2008, 11:00 PM	(permalink)
dknguyen Experienced Member	Disabling Foreign Characters in Windows Ever since I installed the Japanese character set into Windows, some programs (like Nero and SoundMax) have suddenly changed to Japanese text and I can't find a way to change it back. Even if I uninstall and reinstall, the text in the installation appears as Japanese. It's like it's detecting something in my PC and changing the language, except that Japanese was never set to be the default anywhere. Does anyone know how to fix this? __________________ Disclaimer: Avatar for entertainment purposes only.

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Salgat Experienced Member	I used Korean once, and to change everything back I simply went into Control Panel>Regional and Language Options. Not sure if that will help your specific problem though. __________________ salgat.blogspot.com

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Nigel Goodwin Super Moderator	Lock your doors, don't let the foreign characters get in! __________________ PIC programmer software, and PIC Tutorials at: http://www.winpicprog.co.uk

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shokjok Experienced Member	Was the documentation in the same language? To quote Matthew Wilder's album ( remember those LPs?),"I Don't Speak the Language".

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