Solution for software that doesn’t display correctly

There’s some software created for SNU students to plan out their courses for the semester.  I found a nice little tutorial in English about how to use it (see it here).  It’s cool that the tutorial is out there, but what about the fact that when I install SNUTime on Windows which isn’t the Korean version (although I have Korean support installed and other Korean apps work) the Korean words never are shown correctly.  With NateOn, I get the same thing but only during installation.  After install, I can use the app fine and see all the Korean characters.  With SNUTime the character problems persist after instillation.

So, anyone out there know a way to get the characters to show up on Windows without having to install native-Korean Windows?

*UPDATE*

Thanks to ‘….’ for pointing me to: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/Change-the-system-locale

Just go there and change it to Korean (or some other language if you’re dealing with a different country).

Kind of SNUTime specific, but you also have to change the regional (time, etc.) settings to Korean.  I guess the programmer parses the string rather than the data structure? That’s the only possibility I can think of.  I have no idea why one would do that though.  If he/she reads this post I’d love to hear about that.

SNUTime seems like a pretty nifty app now that I can use it.  If you’re going to SNU definitely check it out.

  1. @…..
    Wow, that worked perfectly. Thanks so much! I think every explanation of a Korean program should reference that.

  2. snutime is still VB6 based. not .net

  3. Interesting. I was wondering why it displayed in XP but not Vista. I wonder if it displays right in 7?

  4. @qklilx
    I am using 7, so no, it didn’t show up right by default ><

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