How to make Unicode charset in cmd.exe by default?
character-encoding, cmd, console, unicode, windows
Solution
After I tried algirdas' solution, my Windows crashed (Win 7 Pro 64bit) so I decided to try a different solution:
- Start `Run` (Win+R)
- Type `cmd /K chcp 65001`
You will get mostly what you want. To start it from the taskbar or anywhere else, make a shortcut (you can name it `cmd.unicode.exe` or whatever you like) and change its `Target` to `C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /K chcp 65001`.
Problem
866 charset installed by default in Windows' cmd.exe is poor and inconvinient as compared with glorious Unicode. Can I install Unicode by default or replace cmd.exe to another console and make it default so programms use it instead of cmd.exe? I understand that chcp 65001 changes encoding only in the running console. I want to change charset at the system level.