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Visual studio 2019 and txt encoding for editor (how to change it?)

Code Wanderer 396 Reputation points
2021-01-31T16:43:46.443+00:00

When I create txt file in VS 2019 (no programaticaly but as new item) and save it, its encoding is UTF-8 BOM. How to change VS encoding for txt editor to UTF-8 without BOM?

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  1. Viorel 119.2K Reputation points
    2021-01-31T17:00:55.167+00:00

    Select “Save As” from File menu, go to Save button and open its dropdown menu, select “Save with Encoding…”, choose “Unicode (UTF-8 without signature)”.

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