My power Geez 2010 font stopped running on my windows 11 surface. What shall i do ?

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My power Geez 2010 font stopped running on my windows 11 surface. What shall i do ?

Tariku Mersiehazen 15

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Thomas4-N 20,615 Microsoft External Staff Moderator

Hello Tariku Mersiehazen, welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

I understand you are trying to run Power Ge’ez 2010, which is a legacy third-party Amharic/Ge’ez typing tool that provides custom keyboards and fonts for Ethiopic script.

Power Ge’ez 2010 was designed for older versions of Windows and Office, and it often stops working on Windows 11 because the system uses a modern Unicode-based text framework and no longer supports some legacy font and input technologies. This means older drivers and non-Unicode fonts from Power Ge’ez may not function as expected.

Windows 11 already includes full support for Amharic typing and Ethiopic fonts. You can enable this by going to Settings > Time & language > Language & region, selecting Add a language, searching for Amharic, and installing it. After installation, make sure the Amharic keyboard is added under Keyboards. You can switch between keyboards using Win + Space. The built-in Amharic IME supports phonetic typing, and the Nyala font included in Windows will display Ethiopic text correctly in Word, Excel, and other apps.

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Thomas4-N 20,615 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-12-25T06:23:36.3633333+00:00

Hi Tariku Mersiehazen,

Just checking in to see if the above information was helpful.

Have you had a chance to check the answer provided? Any update would be appreciated.
Alelign S 5 Reputation points

2026-05-09T08:30:35.5666667+00:00

Hello Thomas4-N it works exactly as you described it. Thank you for suggestion. It is very helpful.
Abenezer Shumu 0 Reputation points

2026-05-29T08:25:58.3433333+00:00

Hi Thomas4-N, I use the Windows language format. but when I open previous versions of office documents that were written by Power Geez (old non-Unicode Ethiopian font), they are not readable. Can you help me with it?
Thomas4-N 20,615 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-05-29T12:12:28.07+00:00

Hello Abenezer Shumu,

You could convert the documents to Unicode using a third‑party tool like this one: https://github.com/geezorg/DocxConverter
Asnakech Mebrie 0 Reputation points

2026-06-06T06:13:57.7066667+00:00

In my case, when I search Amharic, it is inactive. what might be the reason?
Thomas4-N 20,615 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-06-09T08:54:56.25+00:00

Hello Asnakech Mebrie,

Amharic showing as "inactive" can come from a few different places, so it's not really a one-line answer. Since this thread is fairly old and your situation is a bit different from the original Power Geez font question, it's probably worth starting a new question so it can get looked at properly.