Author Topic: Just installed Inkscape and all menus is screwed up  (Read 370 times)

February 10, 2019, 08:33:57 AM
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kimkash

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Hi all! -]

I'm new to here, I've being using Inkscape on-and-off for a while now because most of things I'd bee able to complete in illustrator or Paint .NET.
Lately I'm into designing PCB Boards and some of the graphics for KiCAD are specifically for Inkscape so I re-installed it but all the menus, straight out of the box, looks like the attached picture: blocks of what seems to be hexadecimal annotation.

I've tried these things:
1.) re-installing using exe installer, msi installer, zip archive- both 32bit and 64bit.
2.) changing locale language in the OS (running Win7 SP1).
3.) trying to find someone on Google that experienced the same problem.
all of the above attempts were unfruitful so  I'm turning to you- is this a known problem?? I don't even know how to call it...

Thank you very much for the help!
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February 10, 2019, 09:21:10 AM
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Welcome to the forum!

I would suggest you do a clean install of Inkscape.  That means completely uninstalling it.  That means, if you have any exe or msi packages, use Programs and Features to uninstall (all versions, if you have more than one).  And after that, look in Program Files and/or Program Files (x86) and delete any empty folders and remnants of other files which might still be there.  Don't leave any folders with the name "Inkscape" or "inkscape" behind.  If there are any 7z versions, delete all of them. And also don't leave any empty folders or folders named inkscape.

Then restart the computer.  Then download a fresh package, and either unpack or install (depending which package you get).  I would suggest not using the one from the Windows store.  If it's an exe or msi package, be sure to choose your correct desired language during installation.

Your screenshot looks like you might have had it set to use a right to left language  (off the top of my head, I couldn't say which ones it might be, but I think there are a few or maybe several of those).  Does that make sense to you?  I mean, do you want to use one of those languages?

Let us know what happens.
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