How to change default encoding in NetBeans 8.0

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Solution

Solution given by Danny

Navigate to `<Netbeans installation directory>/etc` and open the `netbeans.conf` file.

Add `-J-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8` at the end of the line that starts with `netbeans_default_options` (make sure to include the leading space).

Restart Netbeans and it should be in UTF-8

To verify go to `help -> about` and check System: `Windows Vista version 6.0 running on x86; UTF-8; nl_NL (nb)`

Problem

I'm wondering if I can change default encoding in NetBeans 8.0... I searched a lot but I haven't find a way how to change the encoding in this version of NetBeans. I have this tag in my html document: `<meta charset="utf-8">` BUT! As you can see on attached image, NetBeans notice is warning me about an encoding problem. Internal encoding declaration "utf-8" disagrees with the actual encoding of the document ("windows-1250"). I created index.html by "new file" function in NetBeans. There is UTF-8 encoding in project properties, so I think it should be UTF-8. I really don't know where that 'windows-1250' came from!! Where I can find some option to change default encoding or even current file encoding in NetBeans 8.0?

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