GEEK TO THE RESCUE!
the problem is with the windows fonts...
if restarting your computer doesn't work...
try searching for the fonts and paste them in:
C:/WINDOWS/fonts/
how do I know this??
the problem happened to me with every program when I was trying to install my 1,2## fonts...
even windows explorer looked like that... :/
it's referencing something like 'Symbol' or 'Wingdings'
also...
I don't use 3DS -_-