find non-english characters in filenames?

[matt1544]

I use an Iomega backup product for automatic backup, and I get an error
each time I restart the program, stating that I have some non-english
filenames that it can't copy. It's not a big deal, but I have to hit
'OK' to let it run. That's a hassle when it comes to automated backups.

Anyway, this/these files are most probably some MP3s that has some
non-english letters. Is there any XP search technique that I can use to
find these non-english filenames?

I have 1000+ MP3s, so I really don't want to examine them individually
looking for funny umlauts and tildes.

Thanks for any advice in finding these files (so I can rename them into
english).

Matt

 

[Mike Williams]

I use an Iomega backup product for automatic backup, and I get an error
each time I restart the program, stating that I have some non-english
filenames that it can't copy. It's not a big deal, but I have to hit
'OK' to let it run. That's a hassle when it comes to automated backups.

Anyway, this/these files are most probably some MP3s that has some
non-english letters. Is there any XP search technique that I can use to
find these non-english filenames?

I have 1000+ MP3s, so I really don't want to examine them individually
looking for funny umlauts and tildes.

Thanks for any advice in finding these files (so I can rename them into
english).

Matt

You would probably have to use something that enables a search with
"regular expressions" and characters outside the range [a-z] or [0..9].

You should also look to Iomega for a patch or upgrade that can handle
Unicode. It's the 21st century and there's no excuse for them not to be
handling such characters: Windows NT has had unicode support since 1994.