Rtf2Txt.exe, Version 1.00 Return the plain text content of a Rich Text Format (.RTF) file Usage: Rtf2Txt.exe rtffile [ encoding ] or: Rtf2Txt.exe /E Where: rtffile is the path of the file to be read (no wildcards, only .rtf extension allowed) encoding is the output encoding, e.g. UTF-8 to preserve Unicode characters, or IBM437 to convert Unicode doublequotes to ASCII /E list all available encodings Notes: If the specified encoding does not match any available encoding name, the program will try again, ignoring dashes; if that does not provide a match, the program will try matching the specified encoding with the available encodings' codepages. Return code ("errorlevel") 1 in case of errors, 0 on success. Credits: Use hidden RichTextBox to convert RTF to plain text by Wendy Zang https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US /6e56af9b-d7d3-49f3-9ec4-80edde3fe54b/reading-modifying-rtf-files ?forum=csharpgeneral#a64345e9-cfcb-43be-ab18-c08fae02cb2a Written by Rob van der Woude https://www.robvanderwoude.com