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The east asian tag on WindowsForum.com covers issues related to East Asian language support in Windows, including font rendering, Unicode text display, and file handling. Discussions include problems with square boxes appearing instead of East Asian characters in Windows 10 apps, Robocopy skipping files with East Asian names in Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2, and Unicode rendering failures in Windows Explorer and other applications after system reformatting. These threads focus on troubleshooting font and character display problems, often involving DirectWrite, Features on Demand, and system updates. The tag is relevant for users managing East Asian text in Windows environments.
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    Why does some text display with square boxes in some apps on Windows 10?

    Certain fonts which were formerly packaged in the Windows image are now downloaded from Features on Demand, resulting in a possible regression from Windows 8.1 that is by design. This article explains this feature change and effects and provides separate guidance for end users, OEMs and system...
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    • administrator character issue design changes developers directwrite east asian end users feature change fonts guidance oem regression support text display windows 10
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    • Forum: Knowledge Base (KB)
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    Robocopy.exe utility incorrectly skips some files during the file copy or backup process in Windows

    Fixes an issue in which the Robocopy.exe utility incorrectly skips some files during the file copy or backup process. This issue occurs when the file names contain East Asian characters in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2. More...
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    • backup east asian file copy file names file transfer microsoft support robocopy server 2008 utility issue windows 7
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Knowledge Base (KB)
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    Windows 7 Unicode Text Rendering Missing From Certain Areas

    I recently reformatted my PC and have noticed that areas which properly supported Unicode beforehand no longer do. For example, although Unicode text shows correctly in the majority of Windows Explorer, when I right click on files to view the properties the text field that shows the file name...
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    • application characters east asian file explorer file properties reformat support text rendering unicode winamp
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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