Microsoft KB Archive/323638

= Complex Scripts Are Not Supported at a Command Prompt in Windows XP =

Article ID: 323638

Article Last Modified on 5/30/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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This article was previously published under Q323638



For a Microsoft Windows 2000 version of this article, see 316628.



SYMPTOMS
If you are using a keyboard input locale (such as Arabic, Hebrew, or Thai) that uses complex scripts, you may see either English characters or question mark characters (?) when you type at a command prompt.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs because complex scripts are not supported at a command prompt. If English or another supported input locale is also installed, the command prompt automatically switches to the supported language. If you switch back to the unsupported language while the command prompt is running, or if no supported language is installed, you see only question mark characters when you type.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.

Keywords: kbenv kbprb KB323638

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