# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows install fails with non-ASCII path characters

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #128327: fix(install): preserve Unicode Python paths on Windows
- PR #128373: fix(install): decode uv Python paths as UTF-8

A bug where Windows installation breaks when the user profile path contains non-ASCII characters (such as ł), along with fixes to decode and preserve Unicode Python paths correctly on Windows.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.50`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #128326: \[Bug\]: Windows installation fails when user profile path contains non-ASCII character (ł)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#128327: fix(install): preserve Unicode Python paths on Windows**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `1e375d9689d`
  - files: `scripts/install.ps1`, `tests/install/test_windows_unicode_capture.py`
- **#128373: fix(install): decode uv Python paths as UTF-8**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `scripts/install.ps1`, `setup-hermes.ps1`, `tests/scripts/install/test_install_ps1_unicode_uv_path.py`
- **#132566: fix(windows): force UTF-8 around uv python find so non-ASCII profile paths survive (fixes #128326)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/bootstrap-installer`