[GH-ISSUE #410] Change or choose rootCA path for a user directory with accented characters #269

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opened 2026-02-25 22:32:59 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

kerem commented

2026-02-25 22:32:59 +03:00

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Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Oct 27, 2021).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/FiloSottile/mkcert/issues/410

Hello,

I have a Microsoft account that automatically created my Windows account when I installed it.
My first name is François and that's how the User folder is written on my PC. This has never been a problem for me until now, but during the mkcert -install, the rootCA files are not written in the right place.
I end up with an extra path that can give this kind of thing: C:\Users\Fran├ö├Â┬úÔö¼Ôòæois\AppData\Local\mkcert instead of C:\Users\François\AppData\Local\mkcert.

Is it possible to change the path of the generated root certificates without using the user folder (for example in the ProgramData folder) or to allow specifying the path when running this command?

Just to be precise, I'm not asking for the name of the rootCA files to be changed.

Thanks

Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Oct 27, 2021). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/FiloSottile/mkcert/issues/410 Hello, I have a Microsoft account that automatically created my Windows account when I installed it. My first name is François and that's how the User folder is written on my PC. This has never been a problem for me until now, but during the `mkcert -install`, the rootCA files are not written in the right place. I end up with an extra path that can give this kind of thing: `C:\Users\Fran├ö├Â┬úÔö¼Ôòæois\AppData\Local\mkcert` instead of `C:\Users\François\AppData\Local\mkcert`. Is it possible to change the path of the generated root certificates without using the user folder (for example in the ProgramData folder) or to allow specifying the path when running this command? Just to be precise, I'm not asking for the name of the rootCA files to be changed. Thanks

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2026-02-25 22:33:00 +03:00

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@GhostyJorge commented on GitHub (Feb 20, 2026):

Hi, I have the same issue.

Edit: I chage the environment variable in windows that have the codification wrong, I wrote correctly and it fixed the issue.

@GhostyJorge commented on GitHub (Feb 20, 2026): Hi, I have the same issue. Edit: I chage the environment variable in windows that have the codification wrong, I wrote correctly and it fixed the issue.