Fuggeddaboudit,
but the little rat avatar is asking 'Can I have some more cheese please'.
Well, that's a bummer. So what I did now is try the newly changed settings on a Windows 7 system.
It works for me, but as I suspected, all your Windows shortcuts don't show up above the basic menu.
Make sure to exit CSM and open CSM settings shortcut to get CSM menu restarted.
I don't see any more Chinese/Asian symbols in file, but I do see again that strange set of numbers section further on down:
<SkinOptionsA>
<Line>E87963C2|80316ABF|</Line>
</SkinOptionsA>
I've seen stuff like that on another XML file from davestewart.
His XML file version was version"4.2.4" but still worked on CSM version 4.3.1
so I did not touch it in your file.
Well, I don't know what else I can do to help. Must be some kind of registry error on your computer?
Hope someone else comes forward with the same problem, and with their fix.
About Rats. When we installed a birdhouse on a tall metal pole this winter,
I found out rats can jump, climb, and even chirp like birds.
They are almost as acrobatic as those bugger squirrels.