Question

I have a strange issue while trying to change the codepage in a .bat file.

When I execute the following .bat file in Windows 7 it executes fine.

The codepage gets changed and program.exe get executed.

The batch file:

chcp 65001

"D:\program.exe" /opt ÄiÜ

pause

However when I start the .bat file from Windows Vista the codepage gets changed and after that the batch file is exited.

So program.exe never gets executed.
However when I run the two commands manually from the commandline it does work.

Any idea how to get this working under Windows Vista from .bat file?

Answer 1

I’ve found a (very dirty) solution which works for me.

By the looks of it it just isn’t possible what I want to do.

What I’ve done to make it work is the following:

• Instead of trying to create a batchfile I create a .txt file (with the same contents as the batchfile).
• I’ve written a very simple C# program which reads the .txt file and executes the content.

As I said it’s pretty dirty but it works for me.

If other answer are added here I’ll try those as well.