[FIXED] How do you set the encoding to utf-8 in NetBeans 6.9?

Issue

I'm running NetBeans 6.9, can't seem to figure out where to set the encoding. I found some guides on google but all of them were for older versions.

Solution

The method by Mr. LordofFatality doesn't work for out-of-project files that you open via 'open file' menu.

In order to accomplish that, find a netbeans.conf file in you netbeans installation\etc\, find there a netbeans_default_options line and add there -J-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 string.

If you don't find the "netbeans_default_options" option there, add a whole new line as following:

netbeans_default_options="-J-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8"

Relevant to NetBeans 7.2, also works in 7.4

Answered By - DimG
Answer Checked By - Senaida (JavaFixing Volunteer)