Windows 10: File Explorer Not Displaying Japanese Characters Properly Win 10

Hello,


I am having a particular issue that in general seems to be pretty common but of which I have personally find no solution no known solution that *works*. The issue I am having is that, particularly for folders/files that I download from the web using a browser, file explorer will not display Japanese characters properly in the file names. I have the Japanese language pack installed, I have non-unicode programs set to Japanese and locale set to Japan, but none-the-less File Explorer refuses to display Japanese characters in the filenames of files that I've downloaded. Instead, it replaces the characters with this: and occasionally other random characters, but mostly . Incidentally, Notepad also refuses to display Japanese characters does the same thing - replaces them with but Wordpad displays them just fine lol.


I have been struggling with this for a while and none of the solutions I've come across seem to resolve the issue. Any help regarding this is strongly appreciated.

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