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Posted: **17 Sep 2020 03:27**

I am running a batch script.
Part of this batch script is the call of an external cmdline-only program.

I start this program from batch script with

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start "" /NORMAL /B /WAIT D:\foobar\myprog.exe /parm1 /parm2 someparm

It works.

However the output of that program contains german Umlaute which are not displayed correctly.
If it would run in the current CmdPrompt I could write at the top

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>nul chcp 1252

Since it runs in a different CmdPrompt (=environment context) I have a problem.

How can I pass the command

>nul chcp 1252

most easily for the new created Sub-CmdPrompt?

Is there a way to pass it in the start command similar to

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start "" /NORMAL /B /WAIT ">nul chcp 1252" && D:\foobar\myprog.exe /parm1 /parm2 someparm

This seems not to work

Peter

Posted: **17 Sep 2020 03:41**

have you tried

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start "" /NORMAL /B /WAIT ">nul chcp 1252 & D:\foobar\myprog.exe /parm1 /parm2 someparm”

Posted: **18 Sep 2020 02:21**

Yields popup

"Windows cannot find '>nul chcp 1252 & ......'
Make sure you typed the name correctly and then try again"

Same with

start "" /NORMAL /B /WAIT ">nul chcp 1252 && D:\foobar\myprog.exe /parm1 /parm2 someparm”

or

start "" /NORMAL /B /WAIT ">nul chcp 1252" & D:\foobar\myprog.exe /parm1 /parm2 someparm

Any other idea?

Posted: **18 Sep 2020 03:12**

try these

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start "" /NORMAL /B /WAIT >nul "%windir%\system32\chcp.com" 1252 & "D:\foobar\myprog.exe /parm1 /parm2 someparm”
start "" /NORMAL /B /WAIT >nul "chcp" 1252 & "D:\foobar\myprog.exe /parm1 /parm2 someparm”
start "" /NORMAL /B /WAIT >nul chcp 1252 & "D:\foobar\myprog.exe /parm1 /parm2 someparm”

Posted: **18 Sep 2020 05:17**

If i remember right, then start does not support shell/batch commands, so you might have to start the command interpreter:

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start "" /NORMAL /B /WAIT  "cmd /c">nul chcp 1252 && D:\foobar\myprog.exe /parm1 /parm2 someparm""

penpen

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