[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
Actual Points:              |  Parent ID:
       Points:              |
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Changes (by mcs):

 * cc: brade (added)


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:11 iktsuarpok]:
 > ... 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 windows 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).

 I agree that better error reporting is needed.  Unfortunately, Tor
 Launcher does not currently have a way to capture all of the log messages
 generated by tor.  See #10059.

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