Console.OutputEncoding by default returns a wrong value on Windows Nano Server

[ViktorHofer]

Encoding curEncoding = Console.OutputEncoding;

On Windows Nano Server curEncoding.EncodingName is "Codepage - 0" which looks like a default value. This might be a product issue where the Encoding can't be retrieved when pinvoking.

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[danmoseley]

This just means that ::GetConsoleOutputCP() failed. In such a case we still create and return an Encoding about a nonexistent codepage 0. (We did this in .NET Framework too so I am not sure whether it would be a good idea to change it to throw instead.)

I am guessing this API is just stubbed out on Nano and perhaps we should just leave the code as is.

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