By setting the (Windows) environment variable JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS to -Dfile.encoding=UTF8, the (Java) System property will be set automatically every time a JVM is started. You will know that the parameter has been picked up because the following message will be posted to System.err: Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Dfile.encoding=UTF8 More @Wikipedia
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