{"id":6524,"date":"2022-10-20T14:32:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T07:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indowhiz.com\/articles\/?p=6524"},"modified":"2022-10-26T13:07:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T06:07:21","slug":"windows-display-non-latin-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indowhiz.com\/articles\/en\/windows-display-non-latin-characters\/","title":{"rendered":"Display Non-Latin Characters in Windows Explorer (Win 10 and 11)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You may have set the Windows to display a language that uses Latin characters (e.g., English, French, and Indonesian). Then, displaying non-Latin filenames (e.g., Chinese, Korean, and Japanese) might cause problems. For example, if I have filenames in Chinese, such as \u4e2d\u6587\u6587\u4ef6\u540d.docx<\/code>. Windows Explorer may display it similar to either \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdW.docx<\/code> or \u00f1\u00f1\u00f1\u03c3\u00f1\u03c3\u00d1\u2264\u00aaW.docx<\/code>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To fix this behavior, try the following steps. Although we use the case of Chinese characters, this method should also work in other non-Latin characters (e.g., Arabic, Korean, and Japanese).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

A. Windows limitations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As in our experience, any setting modifications in Section B cannot<\/strong> automatically change the display name of the existing files, as in Fig 1. In addition, we have not found any third-party software that can change the \u201cunreadable\u201d characters to the correct language characters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Extract
Fig 1. Extract a file before and after changing Windows Settings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, there is a way to know whether or not you succeeded in setting up your Windows. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. You need a file from another computer in the corresponding language, which displays its filename correctly. <\/li>
  2. Archive the file in a *.zip format to preserve its settings. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    You can use this *.zip file to validate the settings modifications. After you change any settings in Section B, open the zip to see whether your Windows can correctly display the filename.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    B. Change Windows settings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Method 1: Change language settings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Installing language<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    Before you can change the display, prior install the respective language as follows \u200b[1], [2]\u200b<\/span>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. go to Windows Settings or press the Windows key + X<\/code>, and select Settings<\/code>,<\/li>
    2. click Time & Language<\/code>, and then click on Language<\/code>,<\/li>
    3. under the Language<\/code> settings, you will find the list of installed languages in the Preferred languages<\/code>, as in Fig 2,<\/li>
    4. if you cannot find the required language (e.g., Chinese), you need to install it by clicking Add a language<\/code>. Otherwise, skip steps 4 to 6,<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
      \"Language
      Fig 2. Language settings on Windows 10<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
      1. find the required language name, then click Next<\/code>, as in Fig 3-A,<\/li>
      2. click all the required features, as in Fig 3-B.
        Note: you can un-check the Set as my Windows display language<\/code> option if you don’t want to change the primary language.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
        \"Install
        Fig 3. Install a language<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

        Changing language<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

        After you install the corresponding language, you will return to the language settings page, as in Fig 2. To display non-Latin characters, there are several choices:<\/p>\n\n\n\n