Change the default encoding for saving files with Notepad++

Question

That\'s it . I want to open all the files in once (to make replacements). But notepad++ opens them all in ANSI and I have to go through each file and change the encoding to

Answer 1

Late but for new Users,i had faced a similar problem

Step 1:
Settings -> Preferences -> New Document ->[Encodng] UTF-8 without BOM (check Apply to opened ANSI files)

but any how it hadn't solved mine , i searched out and found that its a bug!

Notepad++ v6.4.5 bug fixes:

1. Fix a crash issue while there's missing tag in functionList.xml. Fix

2. UTF-8 (w/o BOM) detection bug.

Step 2: That's all have an update to >= v6.4.5 and follow Step 1