How to change file encoding in NetBeans?
Go to etc folder in Netbeans home –> open netbeans.conf file and add on netbeans_default_options following line: -J-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 Restart Netbeans and it should be in UTF-8 To check go to help –> about and check System: Windows Vista version 6.0 running on x86; UTF-8; nl_NL (nb)