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How can I tell what encoding a file name is using?

I have some files with Russian (cyrillic) names. When I open them in Windows Explorer, the names display correctly. When I list them in Command shell (cmd) they display as "?????" character. Is ...
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Displaying Korean characters properly on a computer with English Windows XP

I have Windows XP Professional Version 2002 SP 3 English version I have installed the required input methods in Regional and Language Settings and as far as I know all the other options provided there ...
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Character sets needed to properly display "zalgo"

The following answer on Stack Overflow is famous for its convincing argument against using regex to parse HTML: https://stackoverflow.com/a/1732454/505154 The content of the post becomes increasingly ...
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Vim under Windows has a problem with some unicode characters

i am using vim latest version (as my main text editor), however, the encoding for keyboard language, other than english, doesn't work. in every other editor encoding is fine (notepad, ultraedit, ...
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Windows XP SP3 32 Language/Encoding problems

In my messenger I have a group with the name "Conheçidos" but what I see in my laptop is "ConheГ§idos". And I have also other discrepancies in Portuguese words that have é or ó or something with a ' ...
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Saving "Bush hid the facts" in notepad

When saving the text "Bush hid the facts" in notepad under Windows XP, how come when you reopen it shows squares instead of the text? I saw it in this video if you need an example http://www.youtube....
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