How to set default charset in Windows cmd?

When I open a command line in Windows and type

chcp

I get result Текущая кодовая страница: 866

How do I set the charset to chcp 1251 by default?

3 Answers

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor] "AutoRun"="chcp 1251"

You also can run command in command line:

chcp 1251

After that, you can check the change from the screenshot below: enter image description here

From CMD:

REG ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor" /v "AutoRun" /d "chcp 1251" /f

Next time you run cmd, type chcp to confirm new charset.

Tested in Win 10 cmd