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chcp

Changes the active console code page. Windows commands reference

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Changes the active console code page. If used without parameters, chcp displays the number of the active console code page.

chcp [<nnn>]

To view the active code page setting, type

To change the active code page to 850 (Multilingual), type

chcp 850Identify
Show 14 options
<nnn>Specifies the code page.
/?Displays help at the command prompt.
437United States
850Multilingual (Latin I)
852Slavic (Latin II)
855Cyrillic (Russian)
857Turkish
860Portuguese
861Icelandic
863Canadian-French
865Nordic
866Russian
869Modern Greek
936Chinese