Netbeans file cannot be safely opened

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chakroun yesser picture chakroun yesser · Oct 31, 2013 · Viewed 10.4k times · Source

I get files from friend who don't use netbeans IDE, when i open file that contain special caracter like 'é','à',... it show me this popup message : this popup message

if i say yes it open the file and changes those caracters to '�' like this or this

Any idea how to open the file safely?

Answer

Tarik picture Tarik · Oct 31, 2013

The letters you are mentioning seem to be French. You need to open the file, specifying the original encoding, then save the file as UTF-8

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