Silent crash on Windows7 if path to AppData\Roaming\Electrum contains national characters

[eug13768]

In case there are national characters in the path to AppData\Roaming\Electrum - for example, username in OS is "Администратор", then the full path looks like C:\Users\Администратор\AppData\Roaming\Electrum - and it is silently crashing on "Generating your addresses" or so.

[dabura667]

What version of Electrum are you using? This issue was fixed a long time ago.

[eug13768]

2.8.2. I tried a few older versions with the same result.

I have not seen any errors (where are logs, btw?), it's just the fact that it did not run as I explained and it started without issues under the user with pure EN profile name/path.

Any additional steps / information to debug it?

[hjaeresen]

I see a similar problem.
I'm using Electrum 2.8.3. Just did a clean install and generated a default_wallet.
When I start the client now, and enter the password for default_wallet, Electrum silently crashes.
I'm on Windows 10 pro, 64 bit on a Lenovo P50, 32 gb, Intel i7-6820 2.70 GHz.
My AppData\Roaming\Electrum path contains national character, as my user name includes the Danish letter "æ" (a+e ligature).

Is there any way to make Electrum use a different folder that the user's AppData folder?

[ecdsa]

closing, duplicate of #2269