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
dir /B /O:N > list_of_files.txt

It worked, but I had a problem with special, non-ASCII characters which are in some file names. So I added chcp 65001

Everything worked, but when I put these commands into a .bat file, the script doesn't work.

So

cd folder
chcp 65001
dir /B /O:N > list_of_files.txt

doesn't generate the list.

and

cd folder
chcp 65001 && dir /B /O:N > list_of_files.txt

as well as

cd folder
chcp 65001 > nul && dir /B /O:N > list_of_files.txt

generates the list, but with the default encoding :/.

Everything works in cmd.exe, but not in .bat files.

I've read the topic: stackoverflow.com/questions/2182568/batch-script-is-not-executed-if-chcp-was-called, but it didn't help.

EDIT: I partially solved my problem, changing chcp 65001 to chcp 1250 because all characters were in this encoding. But actually this doesn't answer the question.

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.