diff --git a/.vs/ext2fs.vcxproj b/.vs/ext2fs.vcxproj
index 87de4579..cc36ce53 100644
--- a/.vs/ext2fs.vcxproj
+++ b/.vs/ext2fs.vcxproj
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\src;..\src\msvc-missing</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <CompileAs>CompileAsC</CompileAs>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4018;4146;4244;4267;4996</DisableSpecificWarnings>
+      <AdditionalOptions>/utf-8 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
@@ -217,6 +218,7 @@
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\src;..\src\msvc-missing</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4018;4146;4244;4267;4996</DisableSpecificWarnings>
+      <AdditionalOptions>/utf-8 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
@@ -234,6 +236,7 @@
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\src;..\src\msvc-missing</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4018;4146;4244;4267;4996</DisableSpecificWarnings>
+      <AdditionalOptions>/utf-8 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
@@ -253,6 +256,7 @@
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\src;..\src\msvc-missing</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <CompileAs>CompileAsC</CompileAs>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4018;4146;4244;4267;4996</DisableSpecificWarnings>
+      <AdditionalOptions>/utf-8 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
@@ -269,6 +273,7 @@
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\src;..\src\msvc-missing</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <CompileAs>CompileAsC</CompileAs>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4018;4146;4244;4267;4996</DisableSpecificWarnings>
+      <AdditionalOptions>/utf-8 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
@@ -288,6 +293,7 @@
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\src;..\src\msvc-missing</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4018;4146;4244;4267;4996</DisableSpecificWarnings>
+      <AdditionalOptions>/utf-8 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
@@ -306,6 +312,7 @@
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\src;..\src\msvc-missing</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4018;4146;4244;4267;4996</DisableSpecificWarnings>
+      <AdditionalOptions>/utf-8 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
diff --git a/src/rufus.rc b/src/rufus.rc
index 14090df2..85f63d84 100644
--- a/src/rufus.rc
+++ b/src/rufus.rc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ LANGUAGE LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
 IDD_DIALOG DIALOGEX 12, 12, 232, 326
 STYLE DS_SETFONT | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_CENTER | WS_MINIMIZEBOX | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
 EXSTYLE WS_EX_ACCEPTFILES
-CAPTION "Rufus 3.9.1614"
+CAPTION "Rufus 3.9.1615"
 FONT 9, "Segoe UI Symbol", 400, 0, 0x0
 BEGIN
     LTEXT           "Drive Properties",IDS_DRIVE_PROPERTIES_TXT,8,6,53,12,NOT WS_GROUP
@@ -394,8 +394,8 @@ END
 //
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
- FILEVERSION 3,9,1614,0
- PRODUCTVERSION 3,9,1614,0
+ FILEVERSION 3,9,1615,0
+ PRODUCTVERSION 3,9,1615,0
  FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
 #ifdef _DEBUG
  FILEFLAGS 0x1L
@@ -413,13 +413,13 @@ BEGIN
             VALUE "Comments", "https://rufus.ie"
             VALUE "CompanyName", "Akeo Consulting"
             VALUE "FileDescription", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "FileVersion", "3.9.1614"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "3.9.1615"
             VALUE "InternalName", "Rufus"
             VALUE "LegalCopyright", "© 2011-2020 Pete Batard (GPL v3)"
             VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html"
             VALUE "OriginalFilename", "rufus-3.9.exe"
             VALUE "ProductName", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", "3.9.1614"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", "3.9.1615"
         END
     END
     BLOCK "VarFileInfo"