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I'm utilizing a desktop application which downloads content from the internet and prints it in various windows controls. Where ever a Japanese character exists, it shows up as a question mark. This is strange, because I have Japanese language support installed in Windows. I am able to type Japanese characters in to fields (such as, in Notepad) using Microsoft IME and I can read Japanese characters from other applications.

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Maybe the program doesn't support Unicode. Have you ensured you have the most recent version of it? What program is it? – techie007 Nov 24 '12 at 19:34
@techie007: If it isn't unicode, what would it be? Shift-JIS? I would think support for that would be enabled by installing east asian languages in Windows. – Kivin Nov 24 '12 at 19:49
@techie007: Not related. That has to do with browser settings and any solutions are almost certain to be different. – Kivin Nov 24 '12 at 19:49
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IMO It's related because it explains what you are probably running into, just in a different context (hence 'related', and not 'duplicate'), especially this answer. It could be a hard-coded Code Page (that isn't Unicode) in the specific application. Hard to say, especially since you still haven't told us what application you're having the problem with. :) – techie007 Nov 24 '12 at 19:53

closed as not a real question by techie007, 8088, ChrisF, Synetech, HackToHell Nov 25 '12 at 16:50

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