diff --git a/ArcFormats/PalmTree/ArcAR.cs b/ArcFormats/PalmTree/ArcAR.cs
index 27e8b412..1182bc0c 100644
--- a/ArcFormats/PalmTree/ArcAR.cs
+++ b/ArcFormats/PalmTree/ArcAR.cs
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ namespace GameRes.Formats.PalmTree
 
         static readonly byte[] ArDirSignature = { (byte)'A', (byte)'R', 5, 6 };
 
+        public ArcOpener ()
+        {
+            Settings = null;
+        }
+
         public override ArcFile TryOpen (ArcView file)
         {
             if (-1 == SearchForSignature (file, ArDirSignature))
diff --git a/ArcFormats/PkWare/ArcZIP.cs b/ArcFormats/PkWare/ArcZIP.cs
index 18ab2568..52e5d359 100644
--- a/ArcFormats/PkWare/ArcZIP.cs
+++ b/ArcFormats/PkWare/ArcZIP.cs
@@ -100,6 +100,13 @@ namespace GameRes.Formats.PkWare
 
         static readonly byte[] PkDirSignature = { (byte)'P', (byte)'K', 5, 6 };
 
+        public ZipOpener ()
+        {
+            Settings = new[] { ZipEncoding };
+        }
+
+        EncodingSetting ZipEncoding = new EncodingSetting ("ZIPEncodingCP");
+
         public override ArcFile TryOpen (ArcView file)
         {
             if (-1 == SearchForSignature (file, PkDirSignature))
@@ -182,7 +189,7 @@ namespace GameRes.Formats.PkWare
             Encoding enc;
             try
             {
-                enc = Encoding.GetEncoding (Properties.Settings.Default.ZIPEncodingCP);
+                enc = ZipEncoding.Get<Encoding>();
             }
             catch
             {
diff --git a/ArcFormats/ResourceSettings.cs b/ArcFormats/ResourceSettings.cs
index af1f9e56..0a53132f 100644
--- a/ArcFormats/ResourceSettings.cs
+++ b/ArcFormats/ResourceSettings.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 //
 
 using System.ComponentModel.Composition;
+using System.Text;
 using GameRes.Formats.Strings;
 
 namespace GameRes.Formats
@@ -24,6 +25,18 @@ namespace GameRes.Formats
         }
     }
 
+    internal class EncodingSetting : LocalResourceSetting
+    {
+        public override object Value {
+            get { return Encoding.GetEncoding ((int)base.Value); }
+            set { base.Value = ((Encoding)value).CodePage; }
+        }
+
+        public EncodingSetting () { }
+
+        public EncodingSetting (string name) : base (name) { }
+    }
+
     [Export(typeof(ISettingsManager))]
     internal class SettingsManager : ISettingsManager
     {
diff --git a/ArcFormats/Strings/arcStrings.Designer.cs b/ArcFormats/Strings/arcStrings.Designer.cs
index c8be97dc..be1dafb9 100644
--- a/ArcFormats/Strings/arcStrings.Designer.cs
+++ b/ArcFormats/Strings/arcStrings.Designer.cs
@@ -863,6 +863,15 @@ namespace GameRes.Formats.Strings {
             }
         }
         
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Default file names encoding.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string ZIPEncodingCP {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("ZIPEncodingCP", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
         /// <summary>
         ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Archive content is encrypted..
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/ArcFormats/Strings/arcStrings.ja-JP.resx b/ArcFormats/Strings/arcStrings.ja-JP.resx
index e804ada7..fa0ef841 100644
--- a/ArcFormats/Strings/arcStrings.ja-JP.resx
+++ b/ArcFormats/Strings/arcStrings.ja-JP.resx
@@ -495,4 +495,7 @@ Choose encryption scheme or enter a passphrase.</comment>
     <value>Fix Ogg files checksums</value>
     <comment>Translation pending</comment>
   </data>
+  <data name="ZIPEncodingCP" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Default file names encoding</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
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diff --git a/ArcFormats/Strings/arcStrings.ko-KR.resx b/ArcFormats/Strings/arcStrings.ko-KR.resx
index 3f1598e9..6b079a3c 100644
--- a/ArcFormats/Strings/arcStrings.ko-KR.resx
+++ b/ArcFormats/Strings/arcStrings.ko-KR.resx
@@ -395,4 +395,8 @@
     <value>Fix Ogg files checksums</value>
     <comment>Translation pending</comment>
   </data>
+  <data name="ZIPEncodingCP" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Default file names encoding</value>
+    <comment>translation pending</comment>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ArcFormats/Strings/arcStrings.resx b/ArcFormats/Strings/arcStrings.resx
index c1fb8ddf..022e03d1 100644
--- a/ArcFormats/Strings/arcStrings.resx
+++ b/ArcFormats/Strings/arcStrings.resx
@@ -395,4 +395,7 @@ Choose encryption scheme or enter a passphrase.</value>
   <data name="OGGFixCrc" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Fix Ogg files checksums</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="ZIPEncodingCP" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Default file names encoding</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ArcFormats/Strings/arcStrings.ru-RU.resx b/ArcFormats/Strings/arcStrings.ru-RU.resx
index 227e2966..fe4fde9b 100644
--- a/ArcFormats/Strings/arcStrings.ru-RU.resx
+++ b/ArcFormats/Strings/arcStrings.ru-RU.resx
@@ -347,6 +347,9 @@
   <data name="YPFTryGuess" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Попытаться подобрать</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="ZIPEncodingCP" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Кодировка имён файлов</value>
+  </data>
   <data name="ZIPEncryptedNotice" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Содержимое архива зашифровано.</value>
   </data>
diff --git a/ArcFormats/Strings/arcStrings.zh-Hans.resx b/ArcFormats/Strings/arcStrings.zh-Hans.resx
index 1116c9fd..ba6cd0a2 100644
--- a/ArcFormats/Strings/arcStrings.zh-Hans.resx
+++ b/ArcFormats/Strings/arcStrings.zh-Hans.resx
@@ -396,4 +396,8 @@
     <value>Fix Ogg files checksums</value>
     <comment>Translation pending</comment>
   </data>
+  <data name="ZIPEncodingCP" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Default file names encoding</value>
+    <comment>translation pending</comment>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file