Filenames in other languages, etc.

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Guest

Hello. If I have many files - text, music, movies, etc, that are in another
language (hebrew to be exact), how do I get windows to display the hebrew
font? righ now, i just see a bunch of random english characters, as if the
computer does not know to display them in hebrew.

i hope my question in understood!

thanks,

barak
 
M

Mike Williams

Barak said:
Hello. If I have many files - text, music, movies, etc, that are in another
language (hebrew to be exact), how do I get windows to display the hebrew
font? righ now, i just see a bunch of random english characters, as if the
computer does not know to display them in hebrew.

i hope my question in understood!

Looking up "Hebrew" in Windows Help would set you on the right track:


To install complex script and right-to-left language files
Open Regional and Language Options in Control Panel.
On the Languages tab, under Supplemental language support, select the
Install files for complex script and right-to-left languages check box.
Click OK or Apply.
After the files are installed, you must restart your computer.
Notes

To open Regional and Language Options, click Start, click Control Panel,
and then double-click Regional and Language Options.
You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the
Administrators group in order to complete this procedure. If your
computer is connected to a network, network policy settings might also
prevent you from completing this procedure.
The complex script and right-to-left languages include Arabic, Armenian,
Georgian, Hebrew, the Indic languages, Thai, and Vietnamese. The files
for most other languages are installed on your computer automatically by
Windows.
It is recommended that you install these files only if you are going to
be entering or receiving text in one or more of these languages.
Installing the language files may slow down your computer's performance
slightly.
Once you install the language files, you must add the individual
languages for which you want to enter and display text. Once you add a
language, the language is loaded into memory every time you start your
computer. For more information, click Related Topics.
To remove the complex script and right-to-left language files, clear the
check box, and then click OK or Apply.
 
P

Peter Foldes

Installing the Hebrew version of Windows XP would greatly help with your issue
 
W

Winux P

No that would require another XP purchase, install all the necessary
language support files of the Windows XP disk. I've installed all such
language support files off a WinXP En disk and am able to have Chinese and
Japanese file names. Even text file content. Take a look in 'Regional and
Language Options' in control panel and mark the appropriate language
settings, particulary in the 'Language' and 'Advanced' tabs.

HTH you Barak.

- Winux P

Installing the Hebrew version of Windows XP would greatly help with your
issue
 
G

Guest

Mike Williams said:
Looking up "Hebrew" in Windows Help would set you on the right track:


To install complex script and right-to-left language files
Open Regional and Language Options in Control Panel.
On the Languages tab, under Supplemental language support, select the
Install files for complex script and right-to-left languages check box.
Click OK or Apply.
After the files are installed, you must restart your computer.
Notes

To open Regional and Language Options, click Start, click Control Panel,
and then double-click Regional and Language Options.
You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the
Administrators group in order to complete this procedure. If your
computer is connected to a network, network policy settings might also
prevent you from completing this procedure.
The complex script and right-to-left languages include Arabic, Armenian,
Georgian, Hebrew, the Indic languages, Thai, and Vietnamese. The files
for most other languages are installed on your computer automatically by
Windows.
It is recommended that you install these files only if you are going to
be entering or receiving text in one or more of these languages.
Installing the language files may slow down your computer's performance
slightly.
Once you install the language files, you must add the individual
languages for which you want to enter and display text. Once you add a
language, the language is loaded into memory every time you start your
computer. For more information, click Related Topics.
To remove the complex script and right-to-left language files, clear the
check box, and then click OK or Apply.
 
G

Guest

I have the same filename issue, but I have installed ALL Hebrew fonts as
described below. I have composed emails, written word docs, viewed web pages,
etc... I can even create filenames in Hebrew. However when friends of mine in
Israel email me files with Hebrew filenames they come back in gibberish. Is
there a way to restore the filename?

Thank you,
C
 
M

Mike Williams

MSFTQuestions2006 said:
I have the same filename issue, but I have installed ALL Hebrew fonts as
described below. I have composed emails, written word docs, viewed web pages,
etc... I can even create filenames in Hebrew. However when friends of mine in
Israel email me files with Hebrew filenames they come back in gibberish. Is
there a way to restore the filename?

Without knowing what sort of gibberish (seriously!) it's hard to know.
Perhaps the files are just ANSI filenames that you are seeing from the
wrong code-page.

Someone on one of the microsoft.public.il(.hebrew) newsgroups may be
able to provide better advice.
 

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