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Windows 10 character encoding in Notepad & Wordpad - Need help.
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AndersJ:
"All" my other machines which do not have this problem uses cp 850.
The one with the problem uses cp 65001.

And yes,
perhaps I should convert,
but first I would like to understand what is going on.
I would also like to understand why THIS particular W10 machine behaves like this and others don't.

I have attached a file, called TextFile_Encoding.txt.

Below is a screenshot of the file displayed correctly on "any" other machine.



Below is a screenshot of the file displayed in the new Dell W10/64.


0xdeadbeef:
OK, now we're getting somewhere. So there is a certain chance that the OEM code page is set wrong on this single machine.
Did you try to check the registry entry (with RegEdit)?
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\CodePage\OEMCP
The value is 850 for me and I bet it's the same on your "working machines".
If it's not 850 on the problem machine, this is most probably the culprit.
People report that changing this entry (to something invalid or Unicode) might stop Windows from booting though.

[EDIT]
Your text file is displayed correctly on my Win 10 machine btw. So it's obviously encoded in/for code page 850.

[EDIT2]
Before messing around with changing the registry, you could try to fix this using the system control panel. There is a "Time and Region" setting there (sorry, translated back from my German version) with a "Region" selection inside. Inside there (rightmost tab) there is a setting for "Unicode incompatible programs" which allows to change your location/language setting. Inside this dialog, there is a checkmark "Beta: UTF-8 support" which has to be unchecked. Also obviously, you should select "Swedish" or "Svensk" or whatever it's called in your version.
AndersJ:
OxdeadBeef, you nailed it!!!

The registry key you describe is not to be found on any of my machines.

I did however find the "Time and Regions" settings that you suggested.
I unchecked the "Beta: UTF-8 support" and changed from english to swedish.

Now I get the correct encoding.

Thanks for putting me on the right track.
0xdeadbeef:
Ah, great to hear. Another mystery solved ;)
frozenfrogz:
Congrats on solving the problem. :)
I would however strongly recommend getting rid of Windows 10 and stick to Windows 7 or a Linux flavor of your liking if that is an option. Windows 10 is so fcking bad and more problems will just be waiting to kick you in the balls.
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