How do you convert encoding from UTF-8 to windows-1252?

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How can I correctly convert a text file from UTF-8 to Windows-1252?

I have tried converting the file using iconv (windows xp) but this util converted the text file to ANSI. The default code page in my Windows is Windows-1251 and so I can`t correctly display some characters.

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encodingansiiconvwindows-1252
iconv as a command line utility? As part of a programming language? With some GUI? - decezeā™¦
Is there a Windows GUI application that can convert the contents of the clipboard from UTF-8 to Windows-1252 so the user doesn't have to go through a file? - Gulbahar

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If you only have one file to convert, I use Notepadd++ ...

Encoding Menu -> Character Sets -> Western Europeean