Hi, I need to start my python application through windows service. For this purpose I use pywin32. I'm not able to make a Python instance to evaluate the -X uf8 flag.
This flag must be passed during python invocation only and not when it is already started. After some investigations I've found the service launch *pythonservice.exe* wrapper but I don't know how to pass the flag to the Python interpreter. Is there another option to set this flag? It is possible to set an env variable *PYTHONUTF8=1 * but pythonservice.exe doesn't seem to evaluate it... *My environment* *- Windows 11 Home 22H2* *- Python 3.11.1* (tags/v3.11.1:a7a450f, Dec 6 2022, 19:43:28) [MSC v.1934 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 - *Pywin32 305* - *Pywin32-ctypes 0.2.0* *Python documentation* 4.7. UTF-8 mode¶ <https://docs.python.org/3/using/windows.html#utf-8-mode> New in version 3.7. Windows still uses legacy encodings for the system encoding (the ANSI Code Page). Python uses it for the default encoding of text files (e.g. locale.getencoding() <https://docs.python.org/3/library/locale.html#locale.getencoding>). This may cause issues because UTF-8 is widely used on the internet and most Unix systems, including WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux). You can use the Python UTF-8 Mode <https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html#utf8-mode> to change the default text encoding to UTF-8. You can enable the Python UTF-8 Mode <https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html#utf8-mode> via the -X utf8 command line option, or the PYTHONUTF8=1 environment variable. See PYTHONUTF8 <https://docs.python.org/3/using/cmdline.html#envvar-PYTHONUTF8> for enabling UTF-8 mode, and Excursus: Setting environment variables <https://docs.python.org/3/using/windows.html#setting-envvars> for how to modify environment variables. When the Python UTF-8 Mode <https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html#utf8-mode> is enabled, you can still use the system encoding (the ANSI Code Page) via the “mbcs” codec. Note that adding PYTHONUTF8=1 to the default environment variables will affect all Python 3.7+ applications on your system. If you have any Python 3.7+ applications which rely on the legacy system encoding, it is recommended to set the environment variable temporarily or use the -X utf8 command line option. Note Even when UTF-8 mode is disabled, Python uses UTF-8 by default on Windows for: - Console I/O including standard I/O (see *PEP 528* <https://peps.python.org/pep-0528/> for details). - The filesystem encoding <https://docs.python.org/3/glossary.html#term-filesystem-encoding-and-error-handler> (see *PEP 529* <https://peps.python.org/pep-0529/> for details). from -> https://docs.python.org/3/using/windows.html Please help me! Thanks in advance
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