title: I just can't seem to get my german umlauts right with Powershell V2
body: <p>Hello there and thanks in advance for your help.</p>
  
  <p>I have a script which transforms my output into a desired format. I load the file with </p>
  
  <pre><code>$PreSystem = [IO.File]::ReadAllText("C:\Users\Soc.20150119.txt")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I process it and do this:</p>
  
  <pre><code> # Write to file
    $output | Out-File -Filepath C:\Users\Soc.20150119_output.txt -append
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Now each time, the Umlauts ä, ö, ü, ß are displayed as question marks in my output.</p>
  
  <p>I tried </p>
  
  <pre><code>-encoding ASCII
  -encoding unicode
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and so on. But the problem persists. Can someone help me out, I'm starting to pull my hair :) Thank you so much!</p>
  
  <p>BR,
  Tobi</p>