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Because of the language, I want to use chcp 65001 to let the command window become English, and call systeminfo to get data.

However, using Windows 7 after using chcp 65001 the program systeminfo can't find anything but instead shows the error:

OS Name: A device attached to the system is not functioning

Is chcp 65001 not supported on Windows 7?

AmigoJack
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Aster Lin
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    `chcp` doesn't change the language. So if your Windows is not an English Windows, it's not going to be magically showing messages in English just because you change the codepage - which only controls how characters are _encoded_ when displayed. –  Jan 21 '22 at 07:52
  • @a_horse_with_no_name thanks for the comment. My computer is windows 10 and the language is traditional Chinese, and when I use `chcp 65001` it will become English. Even if the language doesn't be changed, the content should come out ? – Aster Lin Jan 21 '22 at 08:58
  • Also, the error comes 'A device attached to the system is not functioning' – Aster Lin Jan 21 '22 at 09:00
  • This question belongs on [su] instead. This site is for programming related questions, not general computer or OS support. You can find more information about this site in the [help]. – Ken White Jan 22 '22 at 04:31
  • @KenWhite OK, thanks for information! – Aster Lin Jan 24 '22 at 06:26

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  • Yes: chcp.com exists in Windows 7. On both x32 and x64.
  • Yes: it supports 65001 as parameter to set UTF-8 as codepage.

However, this will rarily help you, as many things are not supported with this codepage in a console. See How to use unicode characters in Windows command line?

AmigoJack
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