[tor-bugs] #10416 [Tor]: Tor won't start on Windows when path contains non-ascii characters

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#10416: Tor won't start on Windows when path contains non-ascii characters
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     Reporter:  iktsuarpok  |      Owner:
         Type:  defect      |     Status:  needs_information
     Priority:  normal      |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor         |    Version:  Tor: 0.2.3.25
   Resolution:              |   Keywords:  windows, unicode
Actual Points:              |  Parent ID:
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Comment (by iktsuarpok):

 @nickm
 When I created this issue I used tor-browser-2.3.25-15_de.exe.

 I couldn't create exactly identical conditions to check because of 3.5rc1
 changes (compared to tor-browser-2.3.25-15). At first sight it looks like
 TBB still doesn't process unicode paths correctly on win.

 Here's what I did:
 1) Downloaded https://archive.torproject.org/tor-package-
 archive/torbrowser/3.5rc1/torbrowser-install-3.5-rc-1_de.exe
 2) Installed it to C:\Users\kuncaŭščyna\Downloads\3.5rc1
 (instead it installed itself to C:\Users\kuncauscyna\Downloads\3.5rc1
 having created the necessary path)
 3) I moved the installed files back to
 C:\Users\kuncaŭščyna\Downloads\3.5rc1
 4) Ran it from Win Explorer, it said that Tor was unexpectedly closed.

 To compare I ran it from "ascii-only" path (I copied the data to
 "C:\Users\kuncauscyna;)\Downloads\3.5rc1\Tor Browser") and ran it from
 there in Win Explorer. It said that it couldn't find libevent*.dll. I
 closed Tor, opened Far, run

   set PATH=Tor;%PATH%

 and restarted "Start Tor Browser.exe" from Far. It opened firefox (== Tor
 Browser) without problems. Then I did the same for
 "C:\Users\kuncaŭščyna\Downloads\3.5rc1\Tor Browser" (set PATH and
 restarted from Far). But it still said that Tor was unexpectedly closed.

 So I concluded that I can run TorBroswer-3.5rc1 from
 "C:\Users\kuncauscyna;)\Downloads\3.5rc1\Tor Browser" but not from
 "C:\Users\kuncaŭščyna\Downloads\3.5rc1\Tor Browser" i.e. I can run it only
 from ascii-only paths.

 (I'm not yet used to the new UI and couldn't find the logs in 3.5rc1, so
 not sure what exactly went wrong)

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