why couldn't English windows handle foreign file names?!!

[Jerboy]

Got a CD that contains mp3 files titled in some kind of eastern characters and I can't even handle them. All it does is give me a file system error. Why the heck won't windows let me handle those file? It is understandable that it morphs, since English font doesn't support this, but I can't even change the file name since I can't do anything with it in first place.

On Macintosh, characters would be morphed, but you can still handle the file.

 

[Evadman]

You should be able to go into DOS mode and change the file names that way. I had to do it on a few MP3's that I also could not get to work at all.

 

[Jerboy]

<< You should be able to go into DOS mode and change the file names that way. I had to do it on a few MP3's that I also could not get to work at all. >>




It still doesn't work when I want to download it. Shouldn't Windows be able to do this? Come on.. Mac OS 7.5 can even do it. I can start a download by resuming from a blank file, but it doesn't work if I have to remote queuene it

 

[AndyHui]

Win2K and WinXP support DBCS characters, but Win9x/ME does not because it lacks proper unicode support.

 

[Jerboy]

<< Win2K and WinXP support DBCS characters, but Win9x/ME does not because it lacks proper unicode support. >>




Meaning it is inferior to Mac OS 7.5 when it comes to handling files named with foreign characters....

 

[Nothinman]

Meaning it is inferior to Mac OS 7.5 when it comes to handling files named with foreign characters....

Win9X is inferior to a lot of things in a lot of ways...