[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:  new
     Priority:  normal      |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor         |    Version:  Tor: 0.2.3.25
   Resolution:              |   Keywords:  windows, unicode
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Comment (by iktsuarpok):

 The kuncaŭščyna directory was used only for testing. (This is a name in
 Belarusian Latin alphabet - there's no code page for this alphabet, imo).
 I'm not sure how often this problem may occur in reality, but here's what
 actually happened. I was reported about this problem by a friend who moved
 to Italy (and I guess she changed her locale but not her login). She
 simply downloaded the TBB (latest stable release for en_US) into the
 default location (C:\Users\<user>\Downloads) unpacked the exe and ran the
 launcher. It didn't start though and she didn't have any clue as to what
 was wrong. When I looked into her log, I saw the message:
 Unable to open configuration file: C:\Users\????\Downloads\...
 But with the new release candidate I might be also puzzled, because it
 doesn't show log, it simply says that "Tor was unexpectedly closed".
 So maybe if it's difficult to add proper unicode support on windows (I
 undestand that it differs much from other unices), it's possible to notify
 the user about the actual problem along with instruction to move the files
 somewhere else (as an option).

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