chcp 65001 and a .bat file

Question

I have a problem with chcp 65001 command in Windows shell.

I need to generate a list of files in a folder. So I ran cmd.exe, typed

cd folder         


        

Answer 1

"chcp 65001" does not work before Windows 7. It will cause the batch to terminate immediately. There is no work-around.

I have verified this by directly testing 2003, XP, Vista, 2008, 7, 8, and 10.