diff --git a/common/common/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/common/common/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
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+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+encoding/<project>=UTF-8
diff --git a/examples/kdm/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/examples/kdm/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f9fe34593fcd3624a964478aeb438b0d44fe7237
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+++ b/examples/kdm/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
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+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+encoding//src/main/java=UTF-8
+encoding//src/test/java=UTF-8
+encoding/<project>=UTF-8
diff --git a/examples/kieker-mmp/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/examples/kieker-mmp/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f9fe34593fcd3624a964478aeb438b0d44fe7237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/kieker-mmp/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+encoding//src/main/java=UTF-8
+encoding//src/test/java=UTF-8
+encoding/<project>=UTF-8
diff --git a/examples/quickstart/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/examples/quickstart/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f9fe34593fcd3624a964478aeb438b0d44fe7237
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+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+encoding//src/main/java=UTF-8
+encoding//src/test/java=UTF-8
+encoding/<project>=UTF-8
diff --git a/examples/system-domain-model/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/examples/system-domain-model/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..99f26c0203a7844de00dbfc56e6a35d8ed3c022c
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+++ b/examples/system-domain-model/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+encoding/<project>=UTF-8