Error when creating a new site

[deimante]

What issue or error are you experiencing?

When creating a new site I get this error. Also, it says no such file or directory even though there is such file.

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System Details

• Local Version: 9.0.5

• Operating System (OS) and OS version: Windows 11 Pro

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Local Logs

local-lightning.log (27.8 KB)

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[Nick-B]

Hi @deimante

It looks like this error may be due to a special character in your Windows username.

Can you try creating and using a user directory without extended characters?

Special characters not supported on Windows username/password

Moderator Note: Known Bug Summary Thank you everyone who has chimed in and helps clarify this issue! The general problem is that when a Windows Username includes special characters (so an apostrophe ' or a non-ASCII character like é) it can break the commands Local uses to communicate with the MySQL database. Usernames that have an apostrophe in them should be fixed, so update to the most recent version of Local if the username has an apostrophe in it. Read on for what you can do if the userna…

Thanks!