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Creating Data Flow - problem with encoding

I am trying to create data flow conecting to excel-file (other local files too) and get problem:

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---------- Massage ----------
Failed to execute 'atob' on 'Window': The string to be decoded is not correctly encoded.

---------- Stack ----------
Error: Failed to execute 'atob' on 'Window': The string to be decoded is not correctly encoded.
at https://europe.prod.powerquery.microsoft.com/MashupEditor/scripts/app.b09c51d9cac4a8220b5b.bundle.js...
at https://europe.prod.powerquery.microsoft.com/MashupEditor/scripts/app.b09c51d9cac4a8220b5b.bundle.js...

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lbendlin
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Are you trying this with .xls files ?

 

Anonymous
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Yes, this error appears with other files too (csv, txt, json)

What is the locale on your computer?

Anonymous
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Russian (Russia)

Can you recode your source data into UTF-8 or UCS?

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