When there is no possibility to detect UTF-8, e.g. file doesn't contains cyrilic encoded into UTF-8, there is no chance to recognize if file is in UTF-8
Click on the code page on the status bar (or select it in the encoding menu), switch to UTF-8 and reload (Ctrl+R). Switch on remember file state in program settings / Files - part of information is file code page. Put on the begin of file any comment with anything encoded in UTF-8 (e.g. few cyrilic letters) - it will ensure correct detection -- <https://forum.pspad.com/read.php?6,78835,79194> PSPad freeware editor https://www.pspad.com
