/2013/10/04/Windows--Yen-symbol-for-backslash/
{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2013\/10\/04\/Windows--Yen-symbol-for-backslash\/","trash":"","name":"Windows--Yen-symbol-for-backslash","parent":"","title":"Windows: Yen symbol for backslash","date":"2013-10-04 23:38:28","filepath":"posts\/20131004_Windows--Yen-symbol-for-backslash.xml.json","type":"post","content":"<p><img style=\"float: left; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/yen.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"72\" \/>First off, the term backslash for \\ doesn't sit well. It would be best described as downslash since that is the direction the pen travels as it is written. But, for consistency, let's call it a backslash.<\/p>\n<p> Maybe you have tried installing a Japanese keyboard and IME in Windows 7 and decided to uninstall it. You may notice after uninstalling everything (and doing the requisite restart) a yen symbols still replaces the backslash when typing the key.<\/p>\n<p>In a command prompt (console), paths will look like:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff;\">C:¥Windows¥System32><\/span><\/pre>\n<p>To fix the problem, go to:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Settings (Control Panel) -> Region and Languages -> Administrative -> Language for non-Unicode programs -> Change system locale<\/pre>\n<p>You may have noticed that the setting was still set to Japanese. Make sure it is set back to English, whichever flavor that is.<\/p>"}}
