Opened 9 years ago
Closed 9 years ago
#14159 closed defect (fixed)
ExtPack install would fail if %TMP% path contains Chinese characters => Fixed in SVN
| Reported by: | Edward Yang | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 4.3.28 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | other | Host type: | other |
Description
I disovered this problem some time ago (half a year or so). I then thought it might be fixed soon. But it is not yet in 4.3.28.
It's like this. Yesterday I did a re-intall of my Windows 8 system since after 3 years the system is behaving strangely in many ways.
My Windows 8 account contains my name, hence the default %TMP% path contains Chinese characters like C:\Users\名字\AppData\Local\Temp. This would cause ExtPack installation fail with error code 1.
I am certain about this - because last time I encountered this error, I set %TMP% to C:\Temp and the installation succeeded as expected. And, this time I had the probem again, and I set %TMP% to C:\Temp as before, and, succeess!
Change History (4)
comment:1 by , 9 years ago
| priority: | blocker → major |
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comment:2 by , 9 years ago
We think we found and fixed the problem. Could you install the latest Windows test build from here and verify that the problem is gone? Thank you!
comment:3 by , 9 years ago
| Summary: | ExtPack install would fail if %TMP% path contains Chinese characters → ExtPack install would fail if %TMP% path contains Chinese characters => Fixed in SVN |
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comment:4 by , 9 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | new → closed |
Fix is part of VBox 5.0. The next 4.3.x maintenance release will have this fix as well.
Worth investigating but not a blocker as there is a workaround.