Read Unicode files C++

You can use fgetws, which reads 16-bit characters. Your file is in little-endian,byte order. Since x86 machines are also little-endian you should be able to handle the file without much trouble. When you want to do output, use fwprintf.

Also, I agree more information could be useful. For instance, you may be using a library that abstracts away some of this.

Since you are in the hurry, use ifstream in binary mode and do your job. I had the same problems with you and this saved my day. (it is not a recommended solution, of course, its just a hack)

  ifstream file; 
  file.open("k:/test.txt", ifstream::in|ifstream::binary);

  wchar_t buffer[2048]; 
  file.seekg(2);
  file.read((char*)buffer, line_length);
  wprintf(L"%s\n", buffer);
  file.close();