diff --git a/app/CMakeLists.txt b/app/CMakeLists.txt
index b22a17db16..e06eff70f0 100644
--- a/app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
+if(WIN32)
+  set(UTF8_RESOURCE_OBJECT utf8.rc)
+endif(WIN32)
+
 set(APP_SOURCES
     exiv2.cpp
-    exiv2app.hpp
     actions.cpp
-    actions.hpp
     getopt.cpp
-    getopt.hpp
     app_utils.cpp
-    app_utils.hpp
+    ${UTF8_RESOURCE_OBJECT}
 )
 
 add_executable(exiv2 ${APP_SOURCES})
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ target_include_directories(exiv2 PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src) # To find i1
 set_target_properties(exiv2 PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS ${EXTRA_COMPILE_FLAGS} XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_GCC_GENERATE_DEBUGGING_SYMBOLS[variant=Debug] "YES")
 if(MSVC)
   set_target_properties(exiv2 PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "/ignore:4099") # Ignore missing PDBs
+  target_link_options(exiv2 PRIVATE /MANIFEST:NO) # Avoid linker fatal error CVT1100: duplicate resource
 endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(exiv2 PRIVATE exiv2lib)
diff --git a/app/utf8.manifest b/app/utf8.manifest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f205604931
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/utf8.manifest
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+<assembly manifestVersion="1.0" xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
+  <application>
+    <windowsSettings>
+      <activeCodePage xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2019/WindowsSettings">UTF-8</activeCodePage>
+    </windowsSettings>
+  </application>
+</assembly>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/utf8.rc b/app/utf8.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4cca2abbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/utf8.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#include <winuser.rh>
+
+CREATEPROCESS_MANIFEST_RESOURCE_ID RT_MANIFEST "utf8.manifest"
diff --git a/samples/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/CMakeLists.txt
index 249ba998dd..68625a9abf 100644
--- a/samples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,11 +32,15 @@ set(SAMPLES
     xmpdump.cpp
 )
 
+if(WIN32)
+  set(UTF8_RESOURCE_OBJECT ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/app/utf8.rc)
+endif(WIN32)
+
 #
 # build samples AND add them to the APPLICATIONS list
 foreach(entry ${SAMPLES})
   string(REPLACE ".cpp" "" target ${entry})
-  add_executable(${target} ${target}.cpp)
+  add_executable(${target} ${target}.cpp ${UTF8_RESOURCE_OBJECT})
   set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS ${EXTRA_COMPILE_FLAGS})
   list(APPEND APPLICATIONS ${target})
   target_include_directories(${target} PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src) # To find enforce.hpp
@@ -116,6 +120,9 @@ foreach(application ${APPLICATIONS})
       set_target_properties(${application} PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "/ignore:4099") # Ignore missing PDBs
     endif()
   endif()
+  if(MSVC)
+    target_link_options(${application} PRIVATE /MANIFEST:NO) # Avoid linker fatal error CVT1100: duplicate resource
+  endif()
 endforeach()
 
 # That's all Folks!