CHCP--Notes

Requirements for using the CHCP command

Before you can use the CHCP command, you must specify the location of the   
COUNTRY.SYS file by using the <COUNTRY> command and load the <NLSFUNC>
program into memory.

Assigning a new character set

After you assign a new character set, any program you start uses that new
character set. However, any program (not including COMMAND.COM) that you
started before assigning the new character set will probably attempt to use
the original character set.