Errno 2 No such file or directory in django

Question

When I try to run server in django writing python manage.py runserver , python gives an error which is

C:\Users\Alim Írnek\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\python.exe: 
can't open file 'C:\Users\Alim ├ûrnek\PycharmProjects\mysite\manage.py': 
[Errno 2] No such file or directory

Is it because of spaces in my username or something else?

my guess: you are working on Windows and there's an issue with character encoding in your path: `Alim Írnek`, it's recommended to use english letters to avoid such encoding problems — cizario, Sep 02 '21 at 13:47
got it but it is not possible for now for me to change this, another solution? — sociolog, Sep 02 '21 at 13:55

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 02 '21 at 13:50

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Is it possible it has something to do with the non-ASCII characters in your path?

even in the error code you posted the characters are different.

C:\Users\Alim Írnek\

vs.

C:\Users\Alim ├ûrnek\

Wonder if python doesn't recognize those characters as valid paths or is converting them to ascii before reading the filepath and inserting different characters.

answered Sep 02 '21 at 13:50

Jakemoyo

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Please add further details to expand on your answer, such as working code or documentation citations. – Community Sep 02 '21 at 15:35

cizario · Answer 2 · 2021-09-03T08:41:25.637

have a look at this thread it may give you a hint: Python not able to open file with non-english characters in path.

Note: Windows as OS is realy painfull for some developement (wait untill you have to install Magento2 on Windows !) but if you got stuck for long time i strongly recommend you to move to WSL2 on Windows 10, the best for now that Microsoft can do for devs like me and you.

ref: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10

Errno 2 No such file or directory in django

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