When fnm is installed with winget, the symbolic link gets incorrect target if account contains character with accent

[Attila-FIN]

I've installed fnm with winget winget install Schniz.fnm

However, after installation the execution was not possible. Then I've found that in folder %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Links the link to fnm.exe had an incorrect target, since my account's folder includes an "á" character.

The solution was to re-create the link with: New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path $env:LOCALAPPDATA -Name "\Microsoft\WinGet\Links\fnm.exe" -Value "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Schniz.fnm_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\fnm.exe"

However, after executing "fnm env", the result still includes the incorrect character and the resultant environment variables are wrong.

[Attila-FIN]

The solution seems to be to add the following lines into the profile script (notepad $profile):

# Configure environment for Schniz.fnm

# Save the current encoding and switch to UTF-8.
$prev = [Console]::OutputEncoding
[Console]::OutputEncoding = [System.Text.UTF8Encoding]::new()

fnm env --use-on-cd | Out-String | Invoke-Expression

# Restore the previous encoding.
[Console]::OutputEncoding = $prev

Perhaps the system wide setting could be also the solution, but I haven't tested that:

[GregoireBellon]

I had the exact same issue weeks ago, and it made me give up on fnm. Thanks to your fix, I could get it running.

This issue also affects nvm-windows, so if you happen to have an accent in your username, you simply can't have access to any node version manager on windows !