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Powershell: undecipherable localized output in a remote session

I have local and remote systems both with Russian display language. When trying to run a non-powershell command in a remote PS session I get undecipherable strings:

[remote-comp]: PS C:\Users\admin\Documents> net session
' ¿¿¿¿¿? -?¿ ¿<?+?-¿R¿.

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The sessions only seem to differ in [Console]::OutputEncoding output.
Remote session:

[remote-comp]: PS C:\Users\admin\Documents> [Console]::OutputEncoding
IsSingleByte      : True
BodyName          : koi8-r
EncodingName      : ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ (Windows)
HeaderName        : windows-1251
WebName           : windows-1251
WindowsCodePage   : 1251
IsBrowserDisplay  : True
IsBrowserSave     : True
IsMailNewsDisplay : True
IsMailNewsSave    : True
EncoderFallback   : System.Text.InternalEncoderBestFitFallback
DecoderFallback   : System.Text.InternalDecoderBestFitFallback
IsReadOnly        : True
CodePage          : 1251

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Local session:

PS C:\Windows\system32> [Console]::OutputEncoding
IsSingleByte      : True
BodyName          : cp866
EncodingName      : ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ (DOS)
HeaderName        : cp866
WebName           : cp866
WindowsCodePage   : 1251
IsBrowserDisplay  : True
IsBrowserSave     : True
IsMailNewsDisplay : False
IsMailNewsSave    : False
EncoderFallback   : System.Text.InternalEncoderBestFitFallback
DecoderFallback   : System.Text.InternalDecoderBestFitFallback
IsReadOnly        : True
CodePage          : 866

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All relevant properties seem to be read-only.
How do I fix remote output?
Thank you.

dj_alik

PowerShell cmdlets is controlled by the $OutputEncoding variable, which is by default set to ASCII. you can fix this by changing $OutputEncoding to [Console]::OutputEncoding.

PS C:\> $OutputEncoding = [Console]::OutputEncoding

and see PS C:\> $OutputEncoding

PavelTMN

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The problem is not with PowerShell cmdlets. They are shown correctly. It's "old" commands like net session.

PS C:\> $OutputEncoding = [Console]::OutputEncoding

It works but changes seemingly nothing.

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