Windows 10: why one of my Notepad file is garbled characters

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  1. why one of my Notepad file is garbled characters


    why one of my Notepad file is garbled characterslike this ourw:ujfoe895joefdsf7hytrytgoogle.com#

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    utloy tioe, Apr 13, 2025
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  2. Windows 10 Character Map and Notepad

    Well I found the answer to my question. I should have thought through this a little longer.

    Notepad is native in ANSI mode.
    However Wordpad can work in UTF-8 mode.
    I found steps to make Notepad usable in UTF-8 mode but there are a lot of steps and once again there has to be a registry hack to make it work.
    Now how do I make Workpad be listed in the most used application through the Start Menu?
     
    1ThursdayJC, Apr 13, 2025
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  3. Ascii file in Notepad

    Hi GreenGreen2,

    This statement of an issue is quite unclear and incomplete to be understood by our readers. It is too broad for us to distinguish the main reason why you are having challenges/concerns with
    Notepad. To have a better understanding of your concerns, we'd like to ask you some questions:

    • What is this file? Is it a Notepad
      file with ASCII characters inside it? or is file with ASCII characters named on it?
    • What is the file extension of this file? Is this a .txt file or not?
    • Where is this file came from?
    • Can you give us a step by step walkthrough on what you’re doing?
    • Can you create a new user profile and test if the issue will still happen in the new user profile?
    • What were the recent changes made on your part before you experienced this issue?
    • Can we have a screenshot of this file? This is to give us at least an idea what type of file is this.

    In addition, you can read our forum guidelines here:
    How to ask an effective question
    to help you phrase and compose your concerns in complete detail here in our community. In this way, the readers will get enough information that will lead them to provide you accurate resolutions instead of
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    Johann Eva, Apr 13, 2025
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  4. why one of my Notepad file is garbled characters

    CE character encoding in Notepad

    Hello,



    Thank you for bringing up your query on Microsoft Community.

    We sincerely regret for the inconvenience caused.

    Please be assured that we will do our best to help you.




    • Does it happen only with a single file or all files?
    I would like to inform you that whatever coding the file is saved using notepad, it will be in the same way while opening it, or the last font or setting used in notepad.

    There is no specific setting to change the file or see a particular character in polish.



    Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance, we are happy to assist you.
     
    Abdul_Malik, Apr 13, 2025
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