Windows 10: When trying to enter zero width space, some applications interpret it as "male sign"

Discus and support When trying to enter zero width space, some applications interpret it as "male sign" in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; In MS Word (Office 365) when I hold [Alt] key and type 8203, I get the zero width space. This is what I'd like. In other Windows 10 applications like... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/KolibriDesTeufels, Nov 17, 2020.

  1. When trying to enter zero width space, some applications interpret it as "male sign"


    In MS Word (Office 365) when I hold [Alt] key and type 8203, I get the zero width space. This is what I'd like.
    In other Windows 10 applications like Notepad (same in Notepad++), Firefox and Chrome I get the "male sign" ♂ when I type [Alt]+8203.

    This is sad, because specially in the web browser on sites like Facebook, Twitter and even Reddit the zero width space is very useful. You can use it after the @ sign to mention an account without notifying it (@Username) or to mention the account inside a word like in u/appletree.
    The examples above I had to copy from MS Word.

    Now the obvious questions: Why is that? And how can I prevent this? Or is there a workaround (at least for Firefox) to have the zero width space handy? I know there are things like AutoHotKey, but this seems to be overkill for just having one char available.

    Any ideas?

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    /u/KolibriDesTeufels, Nov 17, 2020
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  2. Jerry8AB Win User

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    When I open my Documents folder, the left pane shows my File Explorer listings and the right pane list my documents.

    Is there a method to decrease the width of my right pane and increase the width of my left pane?

    Thanks,

    Jerry

    4/29/17
     
    Jerry8AB, Nov 17, 2020
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    Abhishek Bhise, Nov 17, 2020
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  4. xenogriff Win User

    When trying to enter zero width space, some applications interpret it as "male sign"

    How to sign an unsigned application?

    found something on the forum.nokia website :
    http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/Using_TC_TrustCenter_Publisher_ID




    it uses a different publisher for signing, but mebbe u can try adapting the steps listed there to sign ur own application



    otherwise u coudl try posting ur question there as well as there more application developers visit those boards
     
    xenogriff, Nov 17, 2020
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