[BUG]: Win 11 "takeown /d y" parameter is language dependent

[arman-ku]

win 11 10.0.22000.778

some options use takeown with /d y parameters. The y is language dependent however.
For example, i installed a german build, so the "y" would be a "j" for "ja".

Code example:

:: ----------------------------------------------------------
:: ----------------Clear main telemetry file-----------------
:: ----------------------------------------------------------
echo --- Clear main telemetry file
if exist "%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Diagnosis\ETLLogs\AutoLogger\AutoLogger-Diagtrack-Listener.etl" (
takeown /f "%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Diagnosis\ETLLogs\AutoLogger\AutoLogger-Diagtrack-Listener.etl" /r /d y
icacls "%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Diagnosis\ETLLogs\AutoLogger\AutoLogger-Diagtrack-Listener.etl" /grant administrators:F /t
echo "" > "%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Diagnosis\ETLLogs\AutoLogger\AutoLogger-Diagtrack-Listener.etl"
echo Clear successful: "%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Diagnosis\ETLLogs\AutoLogger\AutoLogger-Diagtrack-Listener.etl"
) else (
echo "Main telemetry file does not exist. Good!"
)

will throw:

Error: Invalid syntax. The 'y' value cannot be used for the '/d' option.

[undergroundwires]

Thank you @arman-ku. I can reproduce this on german versions of Windows.

Since this issue was raised (around the 0.12.X releases), I've already removed most instances of takeown commands, including the script you shared.However, there's still one remaining usage.

Here's a summary of the options considered:

• ❌ Enumerating all languages for their "yes" equivalents. Yes and No in many languages list list is too extensive and impractical 🙂
• ❌ Setting the current culture before executing ([Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentCulture). This doesn't work.
• ❌ Leveraging the side-effect of the copy command output to determine the "yes" equivalent, as suggested in this ServerFault post. While reliable, it's overly complex.
• ❌ Parsing the takeown /? help documentation. This approach proved unreliable as the documentation doesn't always accurately reflect command variations due to incomplete i18n translations.
• ✅ Use choice Windows utility to get available choices and return the first item. Tested on English: (Y) and German (J).

The most effective solution I found is to use the choice Windows command, which reliably determines the current language's equivalent for "yes". This approach has been tested successfully in both English (Y) and German (J).

I'm planning to implement this solution using the choice command in the upcoming patches.

[undergroundwires]

The fix is released in 0.12.10 🚀.