def UnicodeFromCodePage(string):
  """Attempt to coerce string into a unicode object."""
  # get the current code page
  codepage = ctypes.windll.kernel32.GetOEMCP()
  try:
    return string.decode("cp%s" % codepage)
  except UnicodeError:
    try:
      return string.decode("utf16", "ignore")
    except UnicodeError:
      # Fall back on utf8 but ignore errors
      return string.decode("utf8", "ignore")