Seeing Hebrew Fonts in Filenames

xelaw · Post by **xelaw** » 2011 Feb 23, 14:16

I've been using xplorer for a few years now, and it's very good, far better than Windows Explorer.

I switched to Win7 a few months ago, and I noticed a problem that hadn't bothered me before when using XP.

I have an English-Hebrew version of Windows, and when I give s file a Hebrew name, it shows up in the xplorer panes as a string of question marks ("???"). If I look in Windows Explorer, however, the Hebrew Font shows up and is completely readable.

I searched through past threads in this Forum under "Fonts" and I found one from 2002 where the poster had a similar problem reading Korean fonts . The poster apparently solved his problem, but I didn't quite understand the solution. Can anyone help me?

Post by **nikos** » 2011 Feb 23, 14:44

see this for an explanation
www.zabkat.com/blog/16May10-questionable-filenames.htm

if you want to try the professional version you will find that it has no problem with fonts without any need for tweaking. Click here for a free 21 day trial:
www.zabkat.com/x2down.htm

xelaw · Post by **xelaw** » 2011 Feb 23, 17:41

Thanks. From what I understand, if I use xplorer lite, then I can have either Hebrew or English file names, but not both. I would say that about 5% of my filenames are in Hebrew. I guess I can either click on "Properties" in the context menu of the filename to see its Hebrew name every time I don't know which file I'm looking at, or I can order xplorer Pro. We'll see.

Post by **nikos** » 2011 Feb 23, 17:45

if you set your system language to hebrew then you should be ok. You will definitely be ok with the professional version