Connect to Unicode Addresses with Internet Explorer (All Windows)

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Connect to Unicode Addresses with Internet Explorer (All Windows)
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This setting allows you to control whether Internet Explorer should be able to connect to sites that use multibyte characters in the URL. This is useful when connecting to some foreign language sites.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called 'MBCSServername' using the settings below.

Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.


(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
MBCSServername	REG_DWORD	0x00000000 (0)


	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Int...

Settings:

User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Internet Settings]
Name: MBCSServername
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: (0 = allow multibyte, 1 = restrict multibyte)

Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last Modified: September 18, 2002

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