Language Encoding Problem

[Sumike]

Okay I've installed Yahoo messenger from Yahoo.co.jp. However some characters will not show up properly.

My OS is English-based

I have Vista too, but not many people have experience with it, so I'm asking for XP

And yes, I do have Japanese fonts installed.

Normally, I just need to see characters when I'm on the internet, and if there is ever a problem, I just go to view>character encoding> and change the encoding. Of course I can't do that in other programs.

Although, some characters do show up properly, while mainly the ones in the menus and stuff don't. There is also characters in the name of the shortcut on my desktop, and those don't display properly either.

Here's some screenshots:

See how some of them appear

yet on the internet it displays them just fine

Edited August 16, 2006 by Sumike

[Takeshi]

Assuming you've installed MS Japanese IME, I'd expect installing the Japanese ver of YM would be fine but you might need to select Japanese in Regional and Lang Options > Advanced.

[LLXX]

Set language for non-unicode programs to Japanese. In Language control panel applet.

[Sumike]

I'm at work right now, but I will be home in 30 mins.

You know....I didn't think of that really. I'll try it. Where exactly is it, incase I don't find it

@Takeshi

What is YM?

...yes I've installed IME. I got the fonts from my windows disk, and I use IME to type in japanese.

Edited August 16, 2006 by Sumike

[Takeshi]

Set language for non-unicode programs to Japanese. In Language control panel applet.

That's the same as what I described. But I'd have thought YM would be a unicode program. I don't use YM so I don't know.

YM = Yahoo Messenger

Edited August 16, 2006 by Takeshi

[Sumike]

Yeah I found the option in Vista.

Now it's showing 98% of the characters. The other 2% looks like useless stuff.

Thanks for the help guys! It works just fine now! ..If I have questions I'll be sure to ask.