I have a W wtih a line for my back slash

[Denise]

I have these......\\\\\.....for my back slashes in my
C:\programs\files\common\files....what are these and why
don't they show up when I hit the same backslash up in the
subjective of this message....I am thoroughly
confused...please help

 

[BC]

Denise, Thu, 4 Sep 2003 13:24:24 -0700:

I have these......\\\\\.....for my back slashes in my
C:\programs\files\common\files....what are these and why
don't they show up when I hit the same backslash up in the
subjective of this message....I am thoroughly
confused...please help

You've got the won codepage selected.

There is a setting in Windows XP which allows old programs to display text
correctly. Someone has set this to Korean on your computer. A side effect
of this is your backslashes are replaced by the Korean currency sign, as
this is used on Korean systems in place of the backslash in path names. To
reset this:

Go to Control Panel.
Open Regional and Language Options.
Click on the Advanced tab.
Change the language under 'Language for non-Unicode programs' to something
more appropriate.

If you or someone using your computer does need to use an old Korean
application, rather than changing this setting and rebooting all the time,
you can use Microsoft's AppLocale utility to allow that program to display
Korean characters without affecting the whole system. Get it from:
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/tools/apploc.mspx

 

[Denise]

Thanks so much, I did go to the Regional language option
and under Advanced it did have English....But, in the code
list it had many different languages checked and some of
the entries were red and checked and others were bolded
checked....????? Do i take all the foriegn language
away???

Denise

 

[BC]

Denise, Thu, 4 Sep 2003 15:18:40 -0700:

Thanks so much, I did go to the Regional language option
and under Advanced it did have English....But, in the code
list it had many different languages checked and some of
the entries were red and checked and others were bolded
checked....????? Do i take all the foriegn language
away???

Denise

The codepages in the list shouldn't matter, just the one language in the
drop-down list box.
However if you have got English selected you shouldn't have won signs (the
Ws with a stroke) for backslashes.
If you go to start>run and type a backslash, do you get a won or a
backslash? Do you see them in all, some or none of your programs?