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Asked: 2026-06-10T06:34:19+00:00

I have a file that contains non-English chars and was saved in ANSI encoding

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I have a file that contains non-English chars and was saved in ANSI encoding using a non-English codepage. How can I read this file in C# and see the file content correctly?

Not working

StreamReader sr=new StreamReader(@"C:\APPLICATIONS.xml",Encoding.ASCII);
var ags = sr.ReadToEnd();
sr=new StreamReader(@"C:\APPLICATIONS.xml",Encoding.UTF8);
ags = sr.ReadToEnd();
sr=new StreamReader(@"C:\APPLICATIONS.xml",Encoding.Unicode);
ags = sr.ReadToEnd();

Working but I need to know what is the code page in advance, which is not possible.

sr=new StreamReader(@"C:\APPLICATIONS.xml",Encoding.GetEncoding(1252));
ags = sr.ReadToEnd();
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     var text = File.ReadAllText(file, Encoding.GetEncoding(codePage));

    List of codepages : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/intl/code-page-identifiers?redirectedfrom=MSDN

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