HOW To FIX - UnicodeDecodeError in Python

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+  This page explains How to Fix UnicodeDecodeError: 'charmap' codec can't decode byte 0x9d in position X: character maps to <undefined>
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+# UnicodeDecodeError: 'charmap' codec can't decode byte 0x9d
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+<SubHeading>This page explains How to Fix UnicodeDecodeError: charmap codec can't decode byte 0x9d in position X: character maps to undefined</SubHeading>
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+This issue is environmental and might occur during package installation (via PIP) or simply at runtime when files are loaded and processed by Python. 
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+A fix that worked for a Windows OS with Python 3.9 was to force in the environment the UTF8 encoding:
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+```bash
+$ set PYTHONUTF8=1 # For Windows CMD
+```
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