Windows 95 Code Page Utility (CHANGECP.EXE)

PLEASE READ
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By using the following Utility (the "Software"), you 
are hereby agreeing to the included license agreement.  
Please review the file LICENSE.TXT.


CHANGING THE CODE PAGE FOR CONSOLE APPLICATIONS

You can use the Regional Settings option in Control Panel to change 
the locale, but this will affect only the display in Windows-based 
applications. For MS-DOS-based applications and for the 
MS-DOS prompt, the code page installed during Setup is always used. 
Windows 95 does not include any feature that allows you to change 
the code page used by MS-DOS.

You can use CHANGECP.EXE to change the code page used for 
MS-DOS-based applications and the MS-DOS prompt. This application 
makes all the changes for fonts and other system elements in the 
Registry and other configuration files. 

CHANGECP is useful to you if your site uses an alternate character 
set other than the default code page the Windows 95 Setup uses. 
You know that you need an alternate code page if, after installing 
Windows 95, your MS-DOS-based applications do not display 
properly -- specifically, if the wrong fonts appear or the wrong 
characters appear as you type. 

For example, the default code page installed for French Canadian 
under Windows 95 is 850, but your site might use code page 863 
as a standard. As another example, the United States default is 437, 
but some companies choose to use code page 850. In these cases, use 
CHANGECP to install the alternate code page.

IMPORTANT: The CHANGECP utility is not designed to be used for 
changing code pages on a regular basis. Also, frequently switching 
the MS-DOS code page will confuse users of MS-DOS-based applications.


Installation
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1) Create a new folder in your Windows folder called "CHANGECP"

2) Copy the CPZIP.EXE file to the new CHANGECP folder

2) Double-click the file CPZIP.EXE. This will cause it to 
   de-compress itself.

4) Once you have installed the files, you can delete the CPZIP.EXE file.


Operation
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(This information also available in the CHANGECP.TXT file in your
Windows folder) 

To change the code page used for MS-DOS-based applications:

1. Copy CHANGECP.EXE and any other files in the CHANGECP directory 
   to your local Windows directory.

2. At the command prompt, type:
    changecp 

3. Select the code page you want from the list that appears.

Alternately, if you know the code page that you want, you can type:
    changecp <code_page_number> 

CHANGECP automatically makes all related system changes. The next time 
you start Windows 95, the new code page will be used for all MS-DOS 
sessions.


NOTES ON CHANGING THE CODE PAGE
The code page is an internal table that the operating system uses to 
relate the keys on the keyboard to the characters displayed on the 
screen. Different code pages provide support for the character sets 
and keyboard layouts used in different countries.

When you install Windows 95, Setup checks the current system 
configuration to determine the regional settings:

*  For Typical Setup, Windows 95 Setup automatically chooses the 
   regional settings for the current system configuration, and then 
   automatically installs the related code pages for Windows and 
   MS-DOS based on the current configuration.

*  For Custom Setup, you can choose to specify alternate regional 
   settings. Windows 95 Setup automatically installs the standard 
   Windows and MS-DOS code pages for the regional settings selected.