Whenever I try to create a site I get an error with MySQL. I tested if my username was the case by creating another user and that worked. I’d rather not have to move everything over to a new user and renaming my username and user folder would cause problems with other applications. Any ideas on how …

Local doesn't work if you have "æøå" in your windows username

ben.turner September 14, 2020, 3:40pm 4

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