UTF8 encoding and software uninstallation

[skoizer]

Good morning,
wapt 1.6.2.7
I need to uninstall DWG TrueView 2018 software, but the directory contains special characters

I put this at the beginning, then

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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

the code

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def uninstall():
    print('uninstalling dwg trueview 2018')
run(u'"c:\Program Files\Autodesk\DWG TrueView 2018 - Français (French)\Setup\fr-FR\Setup\Setup.exe".decode("utf-8").encode("cp1252") /P {28B89EEF-1028-040C-0100-CF3F3A09B77D} /R AOEM /language fr-FR /q')

I can't find the correct syntax in the run with a path containing special characters.

here is the error

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CalledProcessErrorOutput: Command '"c:\\Program Files\\Autodesk\\DWG TrueView 2018 - Fran\xc3\xa7ais (French)\\Setup\x0cr-FR\\Setup\\Setup.exe" /P {28B89EEF-1028-040C-0100-CF3F3A09B77D} /R AOEM /language fr-FR /q' returned non-zero exit status 1.
Output:Le chemin d'accŠs sp‚cifi‚ est introuvable.

I tried with double sides, single sides, etc.

I have the same problem

Any ideas on the syntax?

I used this post as a guide: viewtopic.php?t=29

[htouvet]

Perhaps by adding an "r" before the string, because there are backslashes in the string that should not be interpreted.

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def uninstall():
    print('uninstalling dwg trueview 2018')
run(ur'"c:\Program Files\Autodesk\DWG TrueView 2018 - Français (French)\Setup\fr-FR\Setup\Setup.exe" /P {28B89EEF-1028-040C-0100-CF3F3A09B77D} /R AOEM /language fr-FR /q')

[skoizer]

Thanks for your reply
I tried using ur but it doesn't work
When I try the command below, the program starts.

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run(ur'"c:\Program Files\Autodesk\DWG TrueView 2018 - Français (French)\Setup\fr-FR\Setup\Setup.exe")

I'm sure it's the command line, because if I run the program manually, it does a silent install
"c:\Program Files\Autodesk\DWG TrueView 2018 - Français (French)\Setup\fr-FR\Setup\Setup.exe" /P {28B89EEF-1028-040C-0100-CF3F3A09B77D} /R AOEM /language fr-FR /q