diff -ur kdeutils-3.2.3.orig/ark/arkapp.cpp kdeutils-3.2.3/ark/arkapp.cpp
--- kdeutils-3.2.3.orig/ark/arkapp.cpp	2003-12-29 12:34:01 +0300
+++ kdeutils-3.2.3/ark/arkapp.cpp	2004-08-02 17:02:09 +0400
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <klocale.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <qfile.h>
+#include <qtextcodec.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
 
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@
 	kdDebug(1601) << "+ArkApplication::ArkApplication" << endl;
 	m_mainwidget = new QWidget;
 	setMainWidget(m_mainwidget);
+	QTextCodec::setCodecForCStrings(QTextCodec::codecForLocale());
 	kdDebug(1601) << "-ArkApplication::ArkApplication" << endl;
 }