Create BufferedReader with default charset
import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.IOException; import java.net.URI; import java.net.URISyntaxException; import java.nio.charset.Charset; import java.nio.file.Files; import java.nio.file.Path; import java.nio.file.Paths; public class Test { public static void main(String[] args) { Path path = null; try { path = Paths.get(new URI("file:///C:/home/docs/users.txt")); } catch (URISyntaxException e) { System.out.println("Bad URI"); } try (BufferedReader inputReader = Files.newBufferedReader(path, Charset.defaultCharset())) { String inputLine; while ((inputLine = inputReader.readLine()) != null) { System.out.println(inputLine); } } catch (IOException ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); } } }