Code Page 1252 Includes New Characters

ID: Q197368

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 98

SUMMARY

This article describes the changes to code page 1252 used in Windows 98 and Windows 2000.

MORE INFORMATION

The new code page 1252 is a modified version of the original code page 1252 used in Microsoft Windows 95 and Microsoft Windows NT 4.0.

In the original code page 1252, three code points are marked as "not used." In the new code page 1252, these points are assigned to the following Unicode characters:

ANSI Unicode Description

0x80 U+20ac Euro sign

0x8e U+017d Latin uppercase letter Z with caron

0x9e U+017e Latin lowercase letter Z with caron

Code page 1252 is used for all Western European languages.

For additional information about the caron and other diacritical marks, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q98999 Diacritical Marks Described and Explained

Keywords : kbenv
Version : WINDOWS:
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo