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‎04-30-2015 07:05 PM

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Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

MS Notepad is unable to display the Chinese characters I type and display them as squares. But when I copy those squares on notepad to Wordpad or MS Word, they display the Chinese characters just fine. I've no idea why those Chinese characters I type can't display properly on notepad. I check the font of the notepad and it's the default. I've another Windows Vista desktop computer which has notepad of the similar setting and display Chinese characters just fine. Both are using Chinese (Simplified) - Microsoft Pinyin New Experience Input Style to input those characters. But I don't understand why my Windows 7 is facing this problem.

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‎04-30-2015 07:24 PM

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Hi,

 

Notepad is a very simple text editor BUT it will work if you use the SAME language in Windows. Please try:

 

 

1. go to control panel, click "Clock, Language, and Region"

 

2. click "Change location" under the "Region" section

 

3. go to the "administrative" tab, then click "change system locale...", then select "Chinese".

 

Regards.

BH
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‎04-30-2015 07:42 PM

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Nope, I knew about that way. I changed it and even restarted my laptop after changing before I posted my problem. My notepad still can't display the Chinese characters I type. Any other solution? Can it possibly it be a registry problem?

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‎04-30-2015 07:55 PM

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Hi,

 

Solution, very simple: use Wordpad

 

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BH
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