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WIWIO
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Nov 07, 2019
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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.    ======================...
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    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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frode66
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Aug 07, 2020

cam_amoi

 

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

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jflarvoire
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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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