Windows 10: Strange characters

Discus and support Strange characters in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; I see this quite often where strange characters replace, say an apostrophe. Here's an example taken from my Google calendar event: I had typed... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by AllanP, Jan 31, 2018.

  1. AllanP Win User

    Strange characters


    I see this quite often where strange characters replace, say an apostrophe. Here's an example taken from my Google calendar event: I had typed "Schnoodle's" in the event title. When I go to view it later here's what I see; well it wouldn't post the paste so will have to type it in: Here is what I tried to paste: "Schnoodle's"noodle's

    TIA, Allan Schnoodle's

    :)
     
    AllanP, Jan 31, 2018
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  2. DaveM121 Win User

    Strange block characters

    Hi Alexis, Windows 10 uses a font called Segoe UI for the user interface, I think one of your Segoe fonts is corrupt . . .

    Click the link below to download the Segoe fonts.

    Unzip that file, then right click the resulting font files and choose Install

    Then restart your PC and see if this resolves the issue

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/f106l8wf8v156pq/Segue...
     
    DaveM121, Jan 31, 2018
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  3. Strange block characters

    Open Start, type: CMD

    Right click CMD

    Click Run as administrator

    Type in at the prompt OR Copy and Paste these one at a time : (Hit enter after each)

    Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth

    Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth

    Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

    Also run the System File Checker utility:

    Open Start, type: CMD

    Right click CMD

    Click Run as administrator

    At the Command Prompt, type: sfc/scannow

    This will check for any integrity violations

    Restart your system

    If that does not work, try performing a repair upgrade:

    Download the Windows 8.1 ISO:

    Download Windows 8.1 Disc Image (ISO File) - Microsoft

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-downlo...

    Perform a repair upgrade:

    https://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/26095-rep...
     
    Andre Da Costa, Jan 31, 2018
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  4. bro67 Win User

    Strange characters

    Nothing strange for what you are seeing. It is just giving you the html output.
     
    bro67, Jan 31, 2018
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  5. Eagle51 Win User
    Eagle51, Jan 31, 2018
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  6. AllanP Win User
    OK thanks I appreciate your responses; so I'm not to use an apostrophe any more as it will show up as gobbledygook, weird.
     
    AllanP, Jan 31, 2018
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  7. Eagle51 Win User
    No, I wouldn't say that. It could have been a glitch in Google Calendar. I just added an event ('s) and a reminder ('s) and the title appears as it should .... no html code.

    Note: Even tried Schnoodle's with no problem *Smile
     
    Eagle51, Jan 31, 2018
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  8. AllanP Win User

    Strange characters

    OK thanks again. That was just an example as I'd seen it happen in emails also. Anyways at least I know the cause.
     
    AllanP, Jan 31, 2018
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  9. EdTittel Win User
    It's called a character entity and always starts with an ampersand (&) and ends with a semi-colon [;]. All character entities can use numeric codes (e.g. ∫, to be written as ∫ for the Leibniz style "line integral" symbol), which shows that they also include hashmarks after the ampersand. The European Union's currency, the Euro, has a symbol that may be referenced as either € or as €. You can find tables of HTML character codes all over the place. I like the chained series of tables from W3Schools.com that start here: HTML Entities myself.
    HTH,
    --Ed--

    PS: Ha! Ha! the forum software is funny about reproducing character entities. Where you see some that reads € you would want to put the ampersand first, then skip "amp;", then continue on with #8364; to reproduce the Euro symbol. I have to laugh that I don't know the escape character here to do it straight-up @Brink: can you enlighten me, please?
     
    EdTittel, Jan 31, 2018
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  10. Brink
    Brink New Member
    Hey Ed, *Smile

    I don't know that one, but you can wrap a character with the [noparse]character[/noparse] bb code tags to prevent them from changing like that.
     
    Brink, Jan 31, 2018
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  11. AllanP Win User
    Thanks again all. This is all over my 37% geek head.*Roflmao2
     
    AllanP, Apr 4, 2018
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