UrlDecode problem with accent character, will not decode to be an accent

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  • fmeggs
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    • Mar 2014
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    UrlDecode problem with accent character, will not decode to be an accent

    Hi,

    Stumped on what should be easy !
    I have some text coming from a web application that needs to be decoded.
    To keep it mega simply I would expect that something
    like V%E9los to decode as Vélos , i.e, produce a French accent.
    However, it instead produces a corrupt character or blackened question mark.
    The code is as simple as

    string testStr = "V%E9los";
    string retStr = System.Web.Http Utility.UrlDeco de(testStr);

    retStr returns the string with the problem.
    I have tried this by passing in an Encoding constant of UTF8 but it has the same effect.

    Any ideas ?
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