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Change default code page of Windows console to UTF-8

Fresh3 days ago
Mar 15, 2026504842 views
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Problem

Currently I'm running Windows 7 x64 and usually I want all console tools to work with UTF-8 rather than with default code page 850. Running in the command prompt prior to use of any tools helps but is there any way to set is as default code page? Update: Changing value to appear to make the system unable to boot in my case. Proposed change of to served just well for my purpose. (thanks to Ole_Brun)

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chcp 65001

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Fix for: Change default code page of Windows console to UTF-8

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To change the codepage for the console only, do the following: Start -> Run -> regedit Go to Change the value to If is not present, you can add a

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