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    But there also ä, ü and ö in the file, which are not replaced. Why those are not replaced? How should I find setting which cause this problem? Do I need to search all Eclipse settings and also for every Eclipse plugin to find the wrong setting? Commented Jun 30, 2015 at 16:59
  • My guess is that a tool (maybe a save action?) updates only lines which are somehow touched. But it will get hard to find the culprit. Commented Jun 30, 2015 at 17:06
  • But there are lines changed, that I have not touched. Commented Jun 30, 2015 at 17:07
  • \uFFFDis an Java escaped character. Regular ISO-8859-1 encoded files don't use such an escaping. Therefore it must be the editor you use. Make sure you are not using the "Properties File Editor" in Eclipse or a similar external tool. Commented Jun 30, 2015 at 17:16
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    It changes: since java 9 it is expected to be UTF-8 docs.oracle.com/javase/9/intl/… Commented Mar 1, 2018 at 14:44