Change the default page on a windows console to utf-8
I'm running windows 7 x64 and usually i want all console tools to work with utf-8 rather than the default page 850 code
Running chcp 65001 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 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\CodePage\OEMCP value to 65001 appear to make the system unable to boot in my case.
Proposed change of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\Autorun to @chcp 65001>nul served just well for my purpose. (thanks to Ole_Brun)
Best Answer
To change the codepage for the console only, do the following.
- Start -> Run -> regedit
- Go to
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\Autorun] - Change the value to
@chcp 65001>nul
If Autorun is not present, you can add a New String