Display Unicode in Command Prompt

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Enter cmdline chcp to show the current loaded codepage.

By default, Command Prompt uses and older OEM (1252) codepage that doesn’t support complex Unicode symbols.

Temporary Change
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In order to make cmd.exe supports Unicode, we need 2 things.

Switch to a Unicode-compatible font. Such as Lucida Console, Consolas, or Courier New.
Set the Code page to UTF-8: chcp 65001

The chcp command resets as soon as you close the window. To always launch with Unicode support, we need to adjust it in Windows Registry.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console
    CodePage (REG_DWORD) = 65001 (Decimal)

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