How to make Unicode charset in cmd.exe by default?

Question

866 charset installed by default in Windows' cmd.exe is poor and inconvinient as compared with glorious Unicode.

Can I install Unicode by default or replace cmd.exe to another console and make it default so programms use it instead of cmd.exe?

I understand that chcp 65001 changes encoding only in the running console. I want to change charset at the system level.

Answer 1

After I tried algirdas' solution, my Windows crashed (Win 7 Pro 64bit) so I decided to try a different solution:

1. Start Run (Win+R)
2. Type cmd /K chcp 65001

You will get mostly what you want. To start it from the taskbar or anywhere else, make a shortcut (you can name it cmd.unicode.exe or whatever you like) and change its Target to C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /K chcp 65001.