Win 10 Pro Creators update taskbar clock anomaly - any suggestions?

threevolve said:

Found a fix if you want to use custom system font. Go to the registry to:

HKCU\ControlPanel\International

Double click on "sShortTime"

Open up Character Map, switch to unicode and search for "colon"

Pick the last one that shows up (U+A789: Modifier Letter Colon)

Copy that and replace the colon in the sShortTime string.

Hit "OK" and wait for the clock to change to the next minute. Blam! Colon :)
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Is there any solution that works for the Sound UI? It's still broken after trying that fix, thanks.

threevolve said:

Found a fix if you want to use custom system font. Go to the registry to:

HKCU\ControlPanel\International

Double click on "sShortTime"

Open up Character Map, switch to unicode and search for "colon"

Pick the last one that shows up (U+A789: Modifier Letter Colon)

Copy that and replace the colon in the sShortTime string.

Hit "OK" and wait for the clock to change to the next minute. Blam! Colon :)
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This worked perfectly! Thanks so much!

Nick

threevolve said:

Found a fix if you want to use custom system font. Go to the registry to:

HKCU\ControlPanel\International

Double click on "sShortTime"

Open up Character Map, switch to unicode and search for "colon"

Pick the last one that shows up (U+A789: Modifier Letter Colon)

Copy that and replace the colon in the sShortTime string.

Hit "OK" and wait for the clock to change to the next minute. Blam! Colon :)
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Feeling uber frustrated, I followed these instructions to the letter and still have this stupid rectangle. It's such a small issue but I'm annoyed that I can't fix it.

This fix successfully resolved my issue with the clock formatting after changing my system font.

However, I notice the box still shows up in PowerShell in place of the colon. It does not in the regular Command Prompt, nor does it in PowerShell ISE. Does anyone know a fix for this anomaly?

umisery said:

Is there any solution that works for the Sound UI? It's still broken after trying that fix, thanks.

Hi, do you have the solution to this? I have the same issues here. Somehow the mute and sound UI have this square thing.

I had the same problem by using a different font but I mean really the time is still there i just ignore it..lol. I just find it amazing that windows 10 has a FONT section in settings and you can see all the fonts on the PC but you cant simply pick a font and hit a button the says APPLY FONT..lol..its seriously dumb. Also Microsoft needs to change the font section to include the ability to use a simple Color Picker to change the color of font System Wide. As so future-Esque and where they are going with it Nowadays Customization is simply a must for users in this day and age.

I had the same thing happen, except i didnt use a tweak tool, or have Windows 10 Creators Edition. I am running Win 11 Pro. I watched a tutorial from several people that said all the same thing. The reset tool did not work even going in to the registry and fixing my error back did not work. So worse case scenario is i did a Recovery (system Restore) and now it is fine. I will just have to live with the ugly font Microsoft chose to use here.