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Asked: May 10, 20262026-05-10T17:55:43+00:00 2026-05-10T17:55:43+00:00

I have some source files that have comments written in Japanese. When I open

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I have some source files that have comments written in Japanese. When I open these files in Visual Studio they appear like this:

à–¾FNCAP‰¹—p‚̃XƒŒƒbƒh 

I am using the English version of WinXP, but is there a way to get Visual Studio to display the actual Japanese characters rather than the random jibberish it currently is?

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  1. 2026-05-10T17:55:43+00:00Added an answer on May 10, 2026 at 5:55 pm

    Presumably VS is interpreting the file with the wrong encoding.

    Reopen it using ‘File -> Open -> File… -> Open -> Open With… -> Source Code (Text) Editor With Encoding’ and try various encodings.

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