What's the code page of UTF-8?

Question

My command prompt's default code page is 936.

I need to change it to UTF-8.

chcp 65001

The above doesn't work. What's the correct one?

score 13 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 20 '14 at 20:34

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In order for chcp 65001 to work, you must be using a TrueType font in the command prompt. One such font is Lucida Console.

To use Lucida Console:

Right click on the window title bar
Select Properties
Select the tab Font
Select Lucida Console
Press OK

edited Oct 20 '14 at 20:34

DavidPostill

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answered Apr 18 '11 at 03:51

Stephen Jennings

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 20 '17 at 09:51

Many people complain in different questions about the 65001 support in windows console. My particular solution was to use ISO-8859-1 code page (28591) instead of UTF-8. You might take a look at the Code Page Identifiers at MSDN to identify one that fits your character needs.

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