Unable to provision sites

[christerjor]

Issue Summary

Local seems to install just fine, but I am unable to create any sites at all. I receive the same error message every time, and I have not been able to figure out exactly whats wrong.

System Details

• Which version of Local is being used?

I have tried installing version 5.9.9.

• What Operating System (OS) and OS version is being used?

Windows 10 Pro, version 20H2.

Own Troubleshooting

I have tried disabling and uninstalling AV, tried local for both all users and just me. Reinstalled Local multiple times. Tried removing the AppData files and restarting Local.

local-lightning.log (8.6 KB)

[christerjor]

Did some more searching and found this article:

Unable to provision site due to special characters in Windows username

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…

I’ll changing up my Windows Folder name to see if it is related to the problem, will update the post after.

[christerjor]

This resolved it! Topic can be closed.