I'm trying to extract files from a zip file on Windows 7. The filenames are in Japanese, but they just look like éñé▀é─é±é─ü[é╓é┐éσèGòùé▄é╟é⌐üÖâ}âMâJâZâbâg20110423. They include a 3D model file and it's resources, so if I don't extract it with the right names, the model won't load right. I've worked around this before by setting Windows to use Japanese by default for non-Unicode applications, but that does funny things to other programs. I've also tried running 7zip using AppLocale but that doesn't seem to do anything. Is there some way I can do this without setting Windows back to Japanese?
Update: I just tried it with WinZip, and had the same problem. So WinZip, 7zip, and Windows Explorer do not work.
Update 2: Here's the filenames before switching the locale to Japanese:
01.é▄é╟é⌐.pmd 01.é▄é╟é⌐ò╧Égîπ.pmd 02.é│éΓé⌐ò╧Égîπ.pmd 02é│éΓé⌐.pmd 03.â}â~.pmd 03.â}â~ò╧Égîπ.pmd 04.âüâKé┘é▐éτò╧Égîπ.pmd 04.é┘é▐éτ.pmd 04.é┘é▐éτò╧Égîπ.pmd 05.ê╟Äq.pmd 05.ê╟Äqò╧Égîπ.pmd 06.charlotte.pmd 06.æσcharlotte.pmd map1.bmp metal.sph README.txt shirome.tga tateme08.tga water.bmp â^âÅâVPé╠README`
And after:
01.まどか.pmd 01.まどか変身後.pmd 02.さやか変身後.pmd 02さやか.pmd 03.マミ.pmd 03.マミ変身後.pmd 04.ほむら.pmd 04.ほむら変身後.pmd 04.メガほむら変身後.pmd 05.杏子.pmd 05.杏子変身後.pmd 06.charlotte.pmd 06.大charlotte.pmd map1.bmp metal.sph README.txt shirome.tga tateme08.tga water.bmp タワシPのREADME
The folder name changed from that first garbled line I mentioned to うめてんてーへちょ絵風まどか☆マギカセット20110423.
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A bit late on this one but in WinRar the command is ctrl + E and then select the desired language. Everything will be in english except the garbage characters will be in their proper language (assuming you selected the right one).
2It's a known issue, with a HotFix:
Previously others solved it this way:
HTH
1Have you tried converting the filenames?
I found these tools:
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I got a garbled output when I converted CP932 to UTF-16:
鴦�▀�─魍�─�[�╓�┐�σ鍜�▄�╟�⌐�ﾖ竈祟祀禹稈稟20110423
Hopefully you'll get a better result.
Use iconv, which is included in OS X and Linux and can be downloaded from here for Windows. Use it like this:
iconv -f cp932 -t utf-16 file.txt > newfile.txtwhere file.txt is encoded in cp932 and newfile.txt is encoded in UTF-16
Even if you do manage to extract them correctly, if you later set the computer back to English, they might not work if the software using them cannot find the files! I would set the computer to Japanese, extract them, load the model in the relevant program and try renaming them in latin characters. I know it's a bit time consuming, but then they should work without any conversion.
1I don't know if an easier fix has been found, but I did find a way myself that worked, for me at least
What I did is download and install Locale Emulator, and open the zip using the Locale Emulator, then you can just extract it anywhere and the file names should be normal
