 <p><em>EDIT - The following will convert UTF-16 with BOM. I don't think it works with any of the other UTF formats. I know it doesn't work for UTF-8. I'm not sure about UTF-32 with BOM</em></p> <pre><code>for %%F in (*.txt) do type "%%F" &gt;"%%~nF.converted" </code></pre> <p>If run from the command line then use single percent <code>%</code> instead of double percent <code>%%</code>.</p> <p>After you verify the converted files are correct, you can</p> <pre><code>del *.txt ren *.converted *.txt </code></pre>