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Can the command "chcp 65001" work in Windows 7?

Because of the language, I want to use chcp 65001 to let the command window become English, and call systeminfo to get data.

However, using Windows 7 after using chcp 65001 the program systeminfo can't find anything but instead shows the error:

OS Name: A device attached to the system is not functioning

Is chcp 65001 not supported on Windows 7?

Solution
    • Yes: chcp.com exists in Windows 7. On both x32 and x64.
    • Yes: it supports 65001 as parameter to set UTF-8 as codepage.

    However, this will rarily help you, as many things are not supported with this codepage in a console. See How to use unicode characters in Windows command line?