youtube-dl not picking up .netrc

[anphetamina]

Checklist

• I'm reporting a broken site support issue
• I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2020.07.28
• I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
• I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
• I've searched the bugtracker for similar bug reports including closed ones
• I've read bugs section in FAQ

Verbose log

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.facebook.com/xxxxxxxxxxxxx/videos/4287339688002603']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2020.07.28
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 (CPython) - Windows-10-10.0.18362
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 4.0.2, ffprobe 4.0.2
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[facebook] 4287339688002603: Downloading webpage
[facebook] 4287339688002603: Downloading webpage
ERROR: This video is only available for registered users. Use --username and --password or --netrc to provide account credentials.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpq2whuxta\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 797, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpq2whuxta\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 530, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpq2whuxta\build\youtube_dl\extractor\facebook.py", line 484, in _real_extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpq2whuxta\build\youtube_dl\extractor\facebook.py", line 351, in _extract_from_url
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\ytdl-org\tmpq2whuxta\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 936, in raise_login_required
youtube_dl.utils.ExtractorError: This video is only available for registered users. Use --username and --password or --netrc to provide account credentials.

Description

I've put a config.txt file inside the same folder of the youtube-dl executable that contains

--netrc

In the same folder I've put a .netrc file that contains

machine facebook login "my_address" password "password_that_contains_special_character"

Adding a HOME system variable pointing to the folder in which the three files are placed doesn't help

[merval]

What's interesting is, my facebook let me know I had logged in from a device that was unrecognized. so it's authenticating but not working somehow.

[dstftw]

Read FAQ on where configuration file is supposed to be located.

[anphetamina]

What's interesting is, my facebook let me know I had logged in from a device that was unrecognized. so it's authenticating but not working somehow.

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