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in reply to How to handle UTF-8 content with Win32::IE::Mechanize

Because I know that Win32::IE::Mechanize uses Win32::OLE to drive IEAutomation,

I searched for [ddg://IEautomation utf8] IEautomation utf8

and found Win32::Watir which mentions a Win32::OLE utf setting you can toggle, a view of the source reveals

Win32::OLE->Option(CP => Win32::OLE::CP_UTF8);

So you should toggle that in your program if you want utf8 strings from OLE