Control encoding of batch-created file

You are wrong in assuming your editor Notepad++ reads the file created in PowerShell as UTF8.

It is UTF16-LE/UCS-2 LE-BOM with a BOM 0xFF 0xFE

The tree file created in cmd.exe is encoded in the actice codepage, see output of chcp and change the encoding in Notepad++ accordingly.

> chcp
Aktive Codepage: 850.

Change Encoding (in my German locale Notepad++):