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Contacts with special characters in name by pollolibredegrasa on 11-02-2007 at 12:27 AM
The name of one of my contacts is:
![[Image: beforejs3.png]](http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/3533/beforejs3.png)
At first this was displayed fine, however next time I looked at my contact list the special characters just showed up as squares:
![[Image: afteroq2.png]](http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/7290/afteroq2.png)
It appears that while Plus! is installed, the special characters turn into the squares whenever someone signs in/out. Closing the contact list and opening it again makes the characters display properly again.
Does this just happen with my computer, or is it a bug in Plus? I'm assuming it's a bug in Plus! as removing it makes the problem disappear, but it would be good to know that it's not just me it affects...
Using:
Windows XP Service Pack 2 (5.1.2600)
Windows Live Messenger 8.5.0816
Messenger Plus! Live 4.23.0.276
RE: Contacts with special characters in name by prashker on 11-02-2007 at 12:34 AM
Can't confirm.
Tested with fatfreechicken and nothing.
RE: Contacts with special characters in name by MattyRid on 11-02-2007 at 12:35 AM
Confirmed....I have that problem as well...I haven't tried without plus! but hopefully get around to it within about a week. I'm sure by then It will already be resolved 
Edit: It appears that if an "e" is in the name it seems ro show up as a box...not sure about other letters.
Edit2: The "e" appears to be like έ
RE: Contacts with special characters in name by Supersonicdarky on 11-02-2007 at 01:04 AM
i suggest installing eastern languages support because that's japanese. this way you can have it properly displayed in many other apps too.
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/handson/user/xpintlsupp.mspx
RE: Contacts with special characters in name by ahmetgns on 11-02-2007 at 07:05 PM
quote:
Originally written in FAQs - Messenger doesn't display a language properly, how to fix?
The problem can appear in Messenger only after installing Messenger Plus!, this is caused by a the way Messenger Plus! forces Messenger to handle its text and can be fixed the same way.
RE: Contacts with special characters in name by pollolibredegrasa on 11-02-2007 at 07:10 PM
Yes, but I see the text fine with Plus installed....
It's just when someone signs in/out that it reverts to squares. And if it is this problem with Plus, why does closing and re-opening the contact list fix it?
RE: Contacts with special characters in name by Sunshine on 11-02-2007 at 07:12 PM
quote:Spot on, we came across this before and installing eastern languages does solve it.
Originally posted by Supersonicdarky
i suggest installing eastern languages support because that's japanese. this way you can have it properly displayed in many other apps too.
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/handson/user/xpintlsupp.mspx
RE: Contacts with special characters in name by Patchou on 11-03-2007 at 03:40 AM
quote:That's what I was going to say... you need to change your language options to enable proper global support for eastern languages.
installing eastern languages does solve it
RE: Contacts with special characters in name by MattyRid on 11-03-2007 at 03:58 AM
Still hasn't resolved my one though. Perhaps because it is ASCII could it be a contributing factor?
Edit: It seems to be contact list related..screenshot attached
Windows XP Service Pack 2 (5.1.2600)
Windows Live Messenger 8.5.0816
Messenger Plus! Live 4.23.0.276