Extracting a Zip File with Japanese Filenames?

Question

I'm trying to extract files from a zip file on Windows 7. The filenames are in Japanese, but they just look like éñé▀é─é±é─ü[é╓é┐éσèGòùé▄é╟é⌐üÖâ}âMâJâZâbâg20110423. They include a 3D model file and it's resources, so if I don't extract it with the right names, the model won't load right. I've worked around this before by setting Windows to use Japanese by default for non-Unicode applications, but that does funny things to other programs. I've also tried running 7zip using AppLocale but that doesn't seem to do anything. Is there some way I can do this without setting Windows back to Japanese?

Update: I just tried it with WinZip, and had the same problem. So WinZip, 7zip, and Windows Explorer do not work.

Update 2: Here's the filenames before switching the locale to Japanese:

01.é▄é╟é⌐.pmd
01.é▄é╟é⌐ò╧Égîπ.pmd
02.é│éΓé⌐ò╧Égîπ.pmd
02é│éΓé⌐.pmd
03.â}â~.pmd
03.â}â~ò╧Égîπ.pmd
04.âüâKé┘é▐éτò╧Égîπ.pmd
04.é┘é▐éτ.pmd
04.é┘é▐éτò╧Égîπ.pmd
05.ê╟Äq.pmd
05.ê╟Äqò╧Égîπ.pmd
06.charlotte.pmd
06.æσcharlotte.pmd
map1.bmp
metal.sph
README.txt
shirome.tga
tateme08.tga
water.bmp
â^âÅâVPé╠README`

And after:

01.まどか.pmd
01.まどか変身後.pmd
02.さやか変身後.pmd
02さやか.pmd
03.マミ.pmd
03.マミ変身後.pmd
04.ほむら.pmd
04.ほむら変身後.pmd
04.メガほむら変身後.pmd
05.杏子.pmd
05.杏子変身後.pmd
06.charlotte.pmd
06.大charlotte.pmd
map1.bmp
metal.sph
README.txt
shirome.tga
tateme08.tga
water.bmp
タワシPのREADME

The folder name changed from that first garbled line I mentioned to うめてんてーへちょ絵風まどか☆マギカセット20110423.

Solution 1

A bit late on this one but in WinRar the command is ctrl + E and then select the desired language. Everything will be in english except the garbage characters will be in their proper language (assuming you selected the right one).

Solution 2

It's a known issue, with a HotFix: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2704299

Previously others solved it this way: http://mikudance.info/help/AppLocale.html

HTH

Solution 3

Have you tried converting the filenames?

I found these tools:

• http://www.gofunnow.com/convertutf8/convertutf8.php?destencoding=43&srcencoding=27

• http://kanjidict.stc.cx/recode.php.

  I got a garbled output when I converted CP932 to UTF-16:

  鴦�▀�─魍�─�[�╓�┐�σ鍜�▄�╟�⌐�ﾖ竈祟祀禹稈稟20110423

  Hopefully you'll get a better result.

• Use iconv, which is included in OS X and Linux and can be downloaded from here for Windows. Use it like this:

  iconv -f cp932 -t utf-16 file.txt > newfile.txt
  

  where file.txt is encoded in cp932 and newfile.txt is encoded in UTF-16

Comments

[Scott Chamberlain]

Do they look like that after extracting or in the preview?

[Zelda64fan]

It happens before and after extracting, and that's the problem: the glitched filenames != the original filenames, so when I open the 3D model, it can't find it's resources.

[Karan]

Have you tried other archivers to see if they are better in terms of guessing the encoding, such as WinRAR, WinZIP and so on?

[Zelda64fan]

At the moment I've only tried Windows Explorer and 7zip.

[Jorge Luque]

@Karan I tried using Winrar to extract audio files from a rar file but the metadata was garbled. I tried using English version of Winrar first and then I also tried the Japanese version followed by the Chinese version but none of them extracted the files with the proper characters. I think the only solution is to change your system locale.

[jaume]

Too bad it didn't work. Could you edit your question and add a few examples of filenames as you see them after uncompressing and what they look like using the trick of using Japanese for non-Unicode applications ?

[Zelda64fan]

Once I get the files extracted properly, I think it's OK--extracting them seems to be the only problem.

[SlySven]

Are you trying for a necromancer badge? 8-P

[Alan Ball]

I've got this issue on windows 10. Is there perhaps a hotfix for win 10? This fix only covers windows 7 and server 2008

[Jyosua]

It would be quite deserved, as this was the only solution I found after like 30 minutes of googling for how to fix this cursed issue!