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1. BUG #19052: failing to install on Windows if user path contains Chineese/Korean characters

   PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org> — 2025-09-15T09:10:18Z

   The following bug has been logged on the website:
   
   Bug reference:      19052
   Logged by:          Nick Zemlyanskiy
   Email address:      zemlyanskiy@nanocad.com
   PostgreSQL version: 17.5
   Operating system:   OS: Windows 10/11 x64 (local admin)
   Description:        
   
   Error running C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
   -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command
   "[System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::GetCultures([System.Globalization.CultureTypes]::AllCultures)
   | Where-Object { $_.LCID -ne 127 }  | Sort-Object EnglishName |
   ForEach-Object { $_.Name + '=' + $_.EnglishName } | Out-File -FilePath
   \"C:\Users\ㅂㅂ\AppData\Local\Temp/postgresql_installer_06853c8c76/locales.txt\"
   -Encoding UTF8": Out-File : Cannot perform operation because the wildcard
   path C:\Users\??\AppData\Local\Temp/postgresql_installer_06853
   c8c76/locales.txt did not resolve to a file.
   At line:1 char:215
   + ... ishName } | Out-File -FilePath "C:\Users\??\AppData\Local\Temp/postgr
   ...
   
   Request
   
   Please confirm whether this is a known issue with Unicode paths in the
   Windows installer.
   
   Provide an official fix/patch or documented installer parameters to force an
   ASCII-only temp/output path for locales.txt without changing the Windows
   account.
   
   If an updated build is available, we’d be happy to test it.
   
   Best regads,
   Nick
   
   

2. Re: BUG #19052: failing to install on Windows if user path contains Chineese/Korean characters

   Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com> — 2025-09-15T23:19:24Z

   On Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 11:33 PM PG Bug reporting form
   <noreply@postgresql.org> wrote:
   > Please confirm whether this is a known issue with Unicode paths in the
   > Windows installer.
   
   Hi,
   
   Sometimes EDB installer help arrives here, but it's not managed by the
   core PostgreSQL project and the best place is probably:
   
   https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/edb-installers/issues
   
   You should probably also check recently closed issues, as there were
   changes to the way it deals with locale names in recent releases.