# Encoding

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/encoding/42262>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [February 7, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/encoding/42262 "2004-02-07T00:07:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![randomizationn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a9adbd/32.png) [@randomizationn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/randomizationn)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/encoding/42262/1 "2004-02-07T00:07:14Z")

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hi im new to this forum! um i was wondering if anyone knew how to fix this problem:

my encoding is always going to traditional chinese but i want it to stay at the normal window one… does anyone know how to do this?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/encoding/42262/2 "2004-02-07T02:15:06Z")

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what do you mean window one? English?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/encoding/42262/3 "2004-02-07T06:35:04Z")

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yea

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 7:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/encoding/42262/4 "2004-02-07T07:09:50Z")

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View \> Character Coding \> Western (Windows) or Western ISO

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 7:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/encoding/42262/5 "2004-02-08T07:57:45Z")

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i know! but it keeps switching back to traditional chinese! n its getting annoying!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 12:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/encoding/42262/6 "2004-02-08T12:45:36Z")

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Hmn, that’s weird. I don’t know what to with that problem, sorry ☹

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 6:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/encoding/42262/7 "2004-02-11T06:42:24Z")

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does anyone else noe??

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 6:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/encoding/42262/8 "2004-02-11T06:52:29Z")

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You have to uncheck Auto-Select. 😉

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 7:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/encoding/42262/9 "2004-02-11T07:34:05Z")

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i dont think u can check auto select. but ill try

awww this problem is getting so annoying… i hafta click on western european(windows) all the time!!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/encoding/42262/10 "2004-02-11T20:21:08Z")

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What’s wrong with Chinese? Just learn it for god sake. Maybe you got a Chinese version of IE.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/encoding/42262/11 "2004-02-11T21:07:25Z")

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What’s your browser’s start page?

Some web pages will automatically set the encoding.

You can do it via a script or two.