Notepad: Inserting Symbols work on one computer but not another

oao said:

I am familiar with that program, but setting the systems to default is not a solution to the problem.

Both systems are extensively customized and there is no way I am going to redo all that. But they are BOTH customized identically, so they should both behave the same way. Furthermore, they are both cleaned of MS bloat, spying and OS features that consume resources but do not serve any needs (e.g., Edge, Cortana). Chances are resetting to default will bring them back.

I need somebody who is knowledgeable about the system details of Notepad workings with symbols who knows of some setting that could cause this discrepancy and how it could be fixed, not reverting the systems to default.

2nd, they are both cleaned

Google is your friend. I have never used Notepad, there are much better programs to use. Maybe you should call Microsoft Support, their Notepad Techs will fix you up in no time. Have a nice day.

Josey Wales said:

Google is your friend. I have never used Notepad, there are much better programs to use. Maybe you should call Microsoft Support, their Notepad Techs will fix you up in no time. Have a nice day.

Now you see why I left after the difficult post. Some just want it how they want it, but will never listen when those who know that it cannot be done, speak the truth.

Reset your Font Cache on the one laptop that you are have this problem. If that does not work maybe The Notepad Engineering Deportment in Redmond can help you. Use Notepad ++ it is a far superior program. That being said I am done here.

Gets weirder: The font in Notepad is Courier New. The only font that displays the symbols correctly is Lucida Sans Unicode Regular. Any other font displays them as squares.

On my second computer Courier displays the symbols correctly.

So what we seem to have here is either (1) Courier font is not the same on both computers or (2) it is not treated the same on both computers.

In either case it is weird, because Courier WAS working on both computers and there were no changes.

oao said:

Gets weirder: The font in Notepad is Courier New. The only font that displays the symbols correctly is Lucida Sans Unicode Regular. Any other font displays them as squares.
On my second computer Courier displays the symbols correctly.
So what we seem to have here is either (1) Courier font is not the same on both computers or (2) it is not treated the same on both computers.
In either case it is weird, because Courier WAS working on both computers and there were no changes.

When you do a save, do you do a "Save As" or "Save" in Notepad? If you do the first, look at the box labeled "Encoding". The answer is in front of you when you "Save as" the file type. Search engines are a great tool when it comes to very simple solutions. I also vote for Notepad ++, because it has a lot more features than you will ever get from something that Microsoft needs to send off to its cemetery of dead programs.