title: Is it possible to use extened ASCII characters in a BAT file?
body: <p>I have a bunch of dynamically created *.BAT files. These BAT files are used to create folders in a server. Just one line in each BAT file, such as: MKDIR \NetworkShare\abc\123</p>
  
  <p>This "abc\123" string is from a database.</p>
  
  <p>It runs OK for a while to create thousands subfolders on demand until today it stopped creating a special subfolder which has a "close single quote" (<kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>0146</kbd> if typing from dos prompt) in the string.</p>
  
  <p>I did some research and found that this "close single quote" is an extended ASCII character. It can't be saved properly in ANSI BAT file (end up as something else). I tried UNICODE and UTF-8 BAT file, but it doesn't work.</p>
  
  <p>The only near-close solution is that I tried a binary editor to make sure it's code 146, but code 146 gives me Æ (ALT-146) not "close single quote" (<kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>0146</kbd>).</p>
  
  <p>I know I can manually type special characters in DOS prompt (by using keyboard <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>)</kbd>.
  But is there a way to properly save this "close single quote" (<kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>0146</kbd>) in BAT file so I can execute them dynamically?</p>
  
  <p>The host system is Windows Server 2003 US-English.</p>