Jan The character code for ß is 0xDF (223) in Windows 1252 (default ANSI in Germany) and 0xE1 (225) in CP 850 (default OEM in Germany). So if you found 225 for ß then the file is OEM-encoded.
If I'd open such a file then the characters show up incorrectly because it opens in the ANSI default. But as soon as I check the hook in menu View->Show OEM chars then everything is perfectly readable. But that still doesn't solve the OP's issue... @idefix2 You have to change your default encoding first. In a German menu: Einstellungen->Programm einstellen->Dateien und Verzeichnisse->Standard-Code Page für Dateiöffnung->(im Dropdownmenü) OEM default (1) After clicking on OK, close PSPad and then open your file again. This is what works for me and with this setting you don't have any problems to write German umlauts and ß. The drawback is that you have to reverse this setting as soon as you want to open an ANSI-encoded file ;-) Steffen -- <https://forum.pspad.com/read.php?2,71145,71152> PSPad freeware editor https://www.pspad.com
