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WIWIO
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Nov 07, 2019

Windows 10 1903) How to change Default Encoding UTF-8 to ANSI In Notepad?

Hello, does anyone know if you can re-enable ANSI encoding by registry in the notepad, instead of the default UTF8 encoding, which is given since Windows 10 version 1903.    ======================...
  • WIWIO's avatar
    WIWIO
    Apr 24, 2023
    It's suspected to be a bug in Windows and hasn't been fixed in four years, and the only alternative is to change the default editor to Notpad++ or change the encoding settings on save. Thanks, Microsoft.
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cam_amoi
Copper Contributor
Jul 17, 2020

- In Regedit go to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad

- in the menu select edit/new/DWORD

- in the DWORD name enter iDefaultEncoding and enter value 1 as hexadecimal (it will automatically display as 0x0000001 (1) once you press OK)

 

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad]

"iDefaultEncoding"=dword:00000001

 

1 = ANSI ; 2 = UTF-16 LE ; 3 = UTF-16 BE ; 4 = UTF-8 BOM ; 5 = UTF-8

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    Larry6631
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 26, 2020

    cam_amoi I followed the procedure and entered 1 for ANSI. I then saved the file as an
    ANSI file but it is still saving the files in UTF-8.

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      deBrain71
      Copper Contributor
      Dec 09, 2020

      Larry6631 same here I still have no clue how to change it back to ANSI 😞

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      bom99
      Copper Contributor
      Sep 02, 2021

      Larry6631 

      Go to regional options (From run window, run intl.cpl),

      click on Administrative tab,

      click "Change System Locale"

      and make sure checkbox is off for "Beta: Use Unicode UTF-8 for worldwide language support" (requires reboot when changed)

       

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        odairnetto
        Copper Contributor
        Sep 15, 2022

        bom99  Doesnt work.

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    frode66
    Copper Contributor
    Aug 07, 2020

    cam_amoi

     

    Very helpfull.
    You should not by any chance have the value corresponding to "1252 Western Europe (Windows)" as well ?
     

    • jflarvoire's avatar
      jflarvoire
      Copper Contributor
      Aug 07, 2020

      frode66 

      1 = ANSI is "1252 Western Europe (Windows)" on all Western Europe, USA, and Canada versions of Windows 

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