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Setting UTF8 as default Character Encoding in Windows 7

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 2026257779 views
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is there a way to set Windows 7 to globally use UTF-8 as standard? its really annoying to set every single text editor to use it.

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Fix for: Setting UTF8 as default Character Encoding in Windows 7

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The short answer is no, it is not possible. To elaborate, I am afraid you won't find a global encoding option in Windows 7 that lets you both 1) set a global default which 2) all the applications you listed would obey. Also, I would like to ask what is the problem here that you are trying to solve? It is up to the application to choose whether they use unicode internally to represent data. While use of unicode is encouraged, you may never be sure that all your applications in fact do internally…

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