Winmerge - To be able to see non English characters in compare windows
Firstly, Change your windows Language for non-unicode program to the language you want.(In Regional and Language Option in control. refer Windows Help file) Then, In winmerge – Edit – Options – Codepage (tab) Tick ‘According to WinMerge User Interface’ Then, In View – Select Font – choose the font which has needed font script. E.g. CHINESE_GB2312 for simplified chinese Then In winmerge – Edit - Refresh Selected (if you are already viewing something.) and no restart required to see the changes.