How to set Notepad2 to use UTF-8 instead of ANSI

Question

Each time I create a new file in Notepad2, the encoding is ANSI (1252).
I'd like instead to have UTF-8 as default. Is there a way to get this ?

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 05 '11 at 10:40

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File → Encoding → Default... → UTF-8

If the change doesn't stick when you restart Notepad2 change the default again and then try :

Settings -> Save Settings Now

This is using Notepad2 v4.2.25

edited Jul 05 '11 at 10:40

Community

answered Dec 09 '09 at 12:31

grawity

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 04 '11 at 04:06

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File -> Settings -> Preferences -> New Document, check UTF-8.

edited Sep 04 '11 at 04:06

Gareth

answered Dec 09 '09 at 12:57

harrymc

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 13 '16 at 22:14

0

Run notepad2.exe with a parameter. Example in command prompt or other program:

Notepad2.exe /utf8 MyAnsiiFile.txt

This opens and loads an ASCII file and converts it to a UTF-8 file. Then, you need only to close Notepad2 and save.

notepad2 version 4.2.25

edited Jan 13 '16 at 22:14

Excellll

answered Jan 13 '16 at 21:53

Stanko Zeman

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