Encode a string in UTF-8
Try this instead:
$enc = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8$consumerkey ="xvz1evFS4wEEPTGEFPHBog"$encconsumerkey= $enc.GetBytes($consumerkey)
If you just want to write the string to file:
$consumer_key ="xvz1evFS4wEEPTGEFPHBog"$consumer_key | Out-File c:\path\utf8file.txt -Encoding UTF8
Encode/Decode:
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