Problems with WINRAR & Chinese Password

Hope someone here can help me.
I dl a winrar-file which requires a password. Which I do have. Unfortunately the password has some Chinese charcters which are displayed as ??? at my PC. I tried to unzip the file at different PCs but still weren't able to succed. Sure I use an old Win System (ME) but I installed all IMEs. But when I put in the password in winrar only ??? appears. Btw. I never had problems when I unzipped a *zip which had a Chinese password. As far as I understand the problems have to do sth with the general language setting of my PC whereas winzip itself is able to read Chinese, japanese and other characters. So is there some programm that can help me?

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:23 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

hm. have you tried typing the pwd in word or something, then copy/paste?

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:48 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:56 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

hmmm... or does anyone know another programm which is able to open winrar and accept Chinese characters? I mean winrar is able to open *zip-data, so maybe there are some other programms who open winrar-data?

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:16 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I don't know a thing about windows ME ( never used it ) but have you tried to change the regional and language settings of your windows to Chinese ? ( Unicode if you can )

Other than that I can only think of a dual boot, where you have one in your native language and one in Chinese

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 12:33 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:44 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:50 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

A dual boot with 2 hard drives isn't complicated at all, just install a windows version on the other hard drive and it'll ask automatically which windows you would like to run each time you start up your computer.
If you have only 1 hard drive it'll be a little more complicated. You need to make a partition on your hard drive ( split it into 2 ) then you can install another operating system on there. For the rest it's the same as the previous.

If it were me I'd only do this if I often use Chinese programs and am fairly good in Chinese.

If you change the unicode into Chinese, everything will be Chinese, from the start button to every menu and program that you run.

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:26 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

@mt877
thanks for the tip. unzip them all does indeed accept Asian Characters. however I still can't open the file Sad

I think it has sth to do with the different encoding algorithm of a Western and a Asian PC. Even though I use the right Characters they might be encoded differently in an Chinese PC. Otherwise I don't understand why the PW is not accepted.

@Fated
unfortunately I only have 1 harddrive. And I am not that good with PCs that I dare to do a partion by myself. + I have to get an Chinese win first before I try to do that. Thanks for your help.

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:29 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Get winxp, because that's the only thing that has worked for me if you don't want to install a Chinese OS. I've tried with njstar communicator to convert the Chinese in different codes and none has worked. In winxp, all you have to do is change the language in the control panel and reboot your pc. Then you can just copy and paste the password, no need to type.

Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 5:14 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

@alina
where do you live? I've tried to unzip it at the PC of sis (she has XP) and it didn't work. Sad

though the Asian languages features are all installed. I really wonder if the PCs in Europe encode differently or sth like that scratch

Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 8:47 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I've got an English version of winxp. I don't think it's matter which version as long it has language support option for east asian languages. Are you sure you've got "install files for east asian language" enabled and in advanced you've got one the Chinese option checked.
I'll usually choose the HK sar option, because my files are usually passworded using tradtional chinese characters.
If you're really want to unzip that file try those Chinese options in advance, otherwise if it's easy to find I wouldn't waste so much time and search for another version instead.

Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 10:00 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:46 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I came across this same problem. I know it is kind of late to reply, but if you or anyone else is having this problem, goto http://www.7-zip.org/ and download the exe and just c/p the chinese password when asked. Winrar doesn't support unicode very well as I have been told, but 7-zip supports it %100.

Good Luck, and tell me if it works out for you.

Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 3:40 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0