How to start japanese applications.

If you are trying to start a japanese application and it does not work, the possible reason is that it is designed to run on japanese computers. Following the instructions you will be able to run it.

The below illustrations are from Windows XP. The steps for Server 2003 are almost identical. Differences are noted in BOLD.

1.	Go to Control Panel.
2.	Click on Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options. Skip this step if you are running Server 2003.
3.	Click on Regional and Language Options.
4.	The Regional and Language Options applet appears.
5.	Click on the Languages tab.
6.	Under Supplemental language support, select the check box beside the applicable language collection: • Install files for complex script and right-to-left languages, or • Install files for East Asian languages The complex script and right-to-left languages include Arabic, Armenian, Georgian, Hebrew, the Indic languages, Thai, and Vietnamese; the East Asian languages include Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. The files for most other languages are installed on your computer automatically by Windows. To find out which language collection to install to support the language(s) you need, see Windows XP - List of Locale IDs, Input Locale, and Language Collection
7.	Click OK or Apply. You will prompted to insert the Windows CD-ROM or point to a network location where the files are located. 8. Click on the "Advanced" tab 9. Under "Language for non-Unicode program," select the language version of non-Unicode programs that will be used. 10. Click OK Follow the on-screen instructions. You will be prompted to reboot the system. Click Yes to complete the change. Are you still having problems? write a comment on this post.