Change default code page of Windows console to UTF-8

Running chcp 65001 in the command prompt prior to use of any tools helps but is there any way to set is as default code page?

Changing HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\CodePage\OEMCP value to 65001 appear to make the system unable to boot in my case.
Proposed change of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\Autorun to @chcp 65001>nul

Batch file .bat

@ECHO OFF
REM change CHCP to UTF-8
CHCP 65001
CLS

Saved at C:\Windows\System32 as switch.bat. Create a link for cmd.exe on the desktop.
In the properties of cmd, changed the destination to: C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k switch


Note that it will print Active code page: 65001 to stdout. So if you are doing something like CHCP 65001 && mycommand.exe then you'll get the codepage printed out at the start. You need to CHCP 65001 >nul && mycommand.exe

Reg file:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console\%SystemRoot%_system32_cmd.exe]
"CodePage"=dword:fde9

1. Value must be in hex
2. Top line must be included exactly as is
3. HKEY_CURRENT_USER cannot be abbreviated
4. dword cannot be omitted

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Command Prompt:

REG ADD HKCU\Console\%SystemRoot^%_system32_cmd.exe /v CodePage /t REG_DWORD /d 65001

1. Value can be in dec or hex
2. %SystemRoot% must be escaped
3. REG_DWORD cannot be omitted

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PowerShell:

New-Item -ErrorAction Ignore HKCU:\Console\%SystemRoot%_system32_cmd.exe
Set-ItemProperty HKCU:\Console\%SystemRoot%_system32_cmd.exe CodePage 65001

1. Value can be in dec or hex
2. -Type DWord is assumed with PowerShell 3+
3. Can use ni -> New-Item
4. Can use sp -> Set-ItemProperty
5. Can use -ea 0 -> -ErrorAction Ignore

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Cygwin:

regtool add '\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console\%SystemRoot%_system32_cmd.exe'
regtool set '\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console\%SystemRoot%_system32_cmd.exe\CodePage' 65001

1. Value can be in dec or hex
2. Can use / -> \
3. Can use HKCU -> HKEY_CURRENT_USER
4. Can use user -> HKEY_CURRENT_USER