ANSI / Unicode conflict in batch file

Question

I have some batch files that use a text file for language-independancy. Until yesterday all worked fine ... but then I began translating the standard texts to Dutch and German.

Answer 1

three years late, but...

you can convert the file to ANSI "on the fly" with the type command:

...  %%a in ('type "%EnvPath%Text.txt"') do (