Countermeasures against garbled characters in IrfanView in Japanese

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2021-08-10

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IrfanView is a free image viewer that runs on Windows.

[Main functions]

Image viewer
Function to add processing such as blurring
Ability to resize /resample
Screen capture function
Ability to cut in specified size
Paint function (IrfanPaint)
...Such

When you start IrfanPaint, you can add text to the image or fill it with a specific color.

You can play the video by installing the plug-in. There is also the ability to adjust the file size for web pages.

If you want to do image processing, install IrfanView for the time being.

Well, the main subject.

IrfanView supports multiple languages, and you can display menus in Japanese by installing the Language file (Japanese.dll).

This article

I am writing the procedure to repair the state where the file cannot be saved because the garbled dialog is displayed when "Save As" is executed with IrfanView localized in Japanese.

Cause of garbled dialog

* IrfanView 4.44 & Japanese.dll 4.44

Garbled dialog appears when you use Japanese for filename when saving the file.

The IrfanView installer seems to initialize some settings.

In my environment, a garbled dialog will appear after reinstalling IrfanView using the installer.

The following description of the IrfanView option (display language setting) was a hint for the cause of the garbled dialog.

* 32bit version only (uncheck if garbled)

How to Repair Garbled Dialog

If the garbled dialog appears, do the following:

IrfanView> Option> Change display language

Display the display language change screen
Remove ☑ from "At startup ..." at the bottom of the setting screen and click "OK".
Restart IrfanView

Transcription

Load Unicode PlugIn at startup (C)
* For filenames other than Latin
* Restart required
* 32bit version only (uncheck if garbled)

Afterword

2019/03/25

Since IrfanView 4.50 supports Unicode, the setting file (i_view32.ini | i_view64.ini) is now created in Unicode.

Therefore, updating from a version older than IrfanView 4.50 to a version later than 4.50 causes a temporary issue with some IrfanView not saving settings.

This problem occurs when the i_view32.ini | i_view64.ini character code is created with a non-Unicode character code such as S_JIS.

The workaround has been announced on the IrfanView official website and has been verified on this blog.

What to do when IrfanView 4.50 or later does not save settings ｜ Unicode problem: Scrap 2nd.

And the option "At startup ..." described in the previous section is abolished from IrfanView 4.50.

When IrfanView 4.50 or later version is installed for the first time, garbled dialog is not displayed.

External link

Validation: IrfanView 4.44 & Japanese.dll 4.44

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