Sometimes 3rd party software also replace the default “Segoe UI Symbol” font in Windows 8 with an older version of the same font which can also cause this annoying issue. This font contains several metro icons which are shown in the places mentioned above and if the font gets deleted from Windows 8 or if the font becomes corrupt, then Windows 8 starts showing these weird characters instead of metro icons because Windows can’t find the required icons to show.
This problem occurs if a system font “ Segoe UI Symbol” is missing or corrupt in Windows 8. Now you might be thinking why does it happen? Let me tell you the reason. Start Screen and login screen are not only the places which show these weird rectangles, you may also see these characters in several Windows Store apps such as Mail, Weather, etc. It looks very ugly and users have no idea why is this problem occurring in their systems? In many Windows 8 systems, the scrollbar arrows at Start Screen are also replaced by these strange rectangles. Weird characters in Windows 8 Login Screen:Īs you can see in the above screenshots, the default icons are missing and unknown characters are showing in place of these icons. Vertical rectangles showing in Windows 8 Start Screen: Following images will help you in better understanding the problem: Many times Windows 8 starts showing weird characters such as vertical rectangles instead of new Metro icons in several places such as Start Screen, Login Screen, several Metro apps, etc. Recently I received another similar email from an AskVG reader “ Ashok Singh Chauhan” which helped me in investigating this problem as well as finding a working solution for it. I have received many emails about this problem from various AskVG readers. Today we are going to address a weird problem which has been faced by several Windows 8 users.
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