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Hello! Do you happen to know if this solution differs from the powershell method I mentioned in my original post? It's just, on the surface it looks very similar. Just to be clear (I tried to make sure my post was detailed, but I considered less the prospect of making that information easily understandable.. so I apologise), the file created by piping recycle.exe output to a txt file, is UTF-16 LE, without BOM. That is the format I need to convert from. When I ran powershell's get-content out-file, it was in a seperate PS1 file, your suggestion is to do it within batch without a "middle-file"?
– bfh47
Commented May 30, 2023 at 9:21
I'm only making suggestions, the decision is yours what to do.
– harrymc
Commented May 30, 2023 at 9:29
It's fair enough, no problem, I am just looking at this and it looks like something I've tried already, that's all. I am not at home currently so will only be able to try this later today. Just to clarify, you suggest running "powershell -command "command in quotes"" from cmd/batch - right? On an unrelated note - do you think it's worth me tidying up the question, and maybe opening it in stackoverflow? Is this "superuser" material or more advanced?
– bfh47
Commented May 30, 2023 at 9:40
Hey again - I found a solution: someone on stackoverflow had the exact same query many years ago, and they were recommended to use gnuwin32 ("iconv") program. I was able to successfully use this program via CMD to get the correct conversion. Would you be offended if I were to delete my thread, as I see it as absolutely redundant now...
– bfh47
Commented Jun 2, 2023 at 12:18
I won't be offended, but a thread on stackoverflow doesn't mean that your post is redundant. You should rather post here your own answer and mark it as accepted.
– harrymc
Commented Jun 2, 2023 at 12:29

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