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in reply to Character encoding in console in Windows

It seems that the argv[] of the console works with non-Unicode character sets;this means that it uses the OEM or ANSI set that the console is currently set.

Check this superb article on Unicode and the console: Unicode CMD Code Page Checkup For your case look at point 6

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