"Metromir"

[krepsen.livejournal.com]

I have downloaded the program "Metromir" but I have a problem. 
It seems like the russian fonts (alphabet) isn't installed so I just get strange symbols instead. 
Does anyone know how to get understandable russian instead of the symbols?

Update: The problem is solved:)

Here are some pictures:

Comments

[poroshin.livejournal.com]

If you have Windows XP, change your locality in Regional Settings to Russia and restart. It should work.

[krepsen.livejournal.com]

I have Windows Vista

[ex-roumor.livejournal.com]

then xz >..<
never seen vista

[archaicos.livejournal.com]

This program is fncked up with respect to localization/globalization and overall user experience as result. I generally recommend ditching such user-unfriendly apps.
However, if you really really want to use it and are OK paying the price of making other apps unusable, you need to change the system locale and here's how...

Change the system locale

Intro:

The system locale determines the default character set (letters, symbols, and numbers) and font that you use to enter information and that are used to display information in programs that do not use Unicode. This allows non-Unicode programs to run on your computer using the specified language. You might need to change the default system locale when you install additional display languages on your computer. Selecting a different language for the system locale does not affect the language in menus and dialog boxes for Windows or other programs that do use Unicode.

Actions:

1. Open Regional and Language Options by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking Clock, Language, and Region, and then clicking Regional and Language Options.

2. Click the Administrative tab, and then, under Language for non-Unicode programs (System Locale), click Change system locale. Administrator permission required If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

3. Select the Russian language, and then click OK.
To restart your computer, click Restart now.

P.S. if you're buying or downloading language software, always ask/find out if it supports Unicode. If it doesn't (as is the case with this one), either drop it and move on to the next software item, or be prepared to deal with this sort of nasty things, when some applications display characters normally and some don't.

P.P.S. if you already have some other non-Unicode applications, after changing the language to Russian they will display cyrillic characters instead of latin characters with diacritic marks. You can always switch the language back, but unless Microsoft makes a fix to this problem (which is, I think, unlikely), you will never have both displaying the characters correctly at the same time. One at a time only.

[krepsen.livejournal.com]

Thank you:) It worked!!

[turu.livejournal.com]

It's just my curious but, what kind of program "Metromir" is ?

[krepsen.livejournal.com]

"Metromir" is a dictionary, metro- map, world atlas, chatsite and much more. It is a program that "has everything".