Cannot open images with non English characters from the file explorer
Windows 10 pro OS Gimp 2.10.14
I need help with working around opening files that have non English characters from the file explorer rather than the file -> open prompt. I am editing .jpeg and .png files for a friend who needs them cleaned up but the problem is all the files are in Japanese characters and for some reason gimp is refusing to open them. I know the file types work because there are some files that do have only English text and others only numerical texts and gimp is able to open them from the file explorer no problem. The problem only stems when there are Japanese characters involved. I don't wish to open each file individually from the file menu since I am working on roughly 300+ files in Japanese and want to open them in bulk from the file explorer.