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Issue with special characters in user folder breaks installation of npm

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#887 opened on Nov 22, 2022

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Description

Issue: In Windows Terminal (both with Powershell 11 and cmd) fail to install npm if the path C:\Users<UserFolder>\AppData\Roaming\nvm contains special characters Example C:\Users\JakubN�rl�vIwanczuk\AppData\Roaming\nvm

I have installed other software in the personal folder without any issue.

How To Reproduce:

  1. Install windows-nvm
  2. Open "Windows Terminal"
  3. Run nvm install 16.18.1

Expected Behavior: Install of NPM version 16.18.1

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Additional context image Folder structure with special characters

Desktop:

  • OS: Windows 11

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Research direction
Investigate how nvm windows constructs file paths during npm install, focusing on path concatenation and exec commands that may not handle Unicode or special characters correctly.
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