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dotnet run fails if run from a directory named `;)`

See original GitHub issue

Found by someone on StackOverflow.

If dotnet run is executed from a folder named ;) then the SDK fails with the following error:

Failed to create CoreCLR, HRESULT: 0x80070057

Steps to reproduce

> mkdir ";)"
> cd '.\;)\'
> dotnet new console
> dotnet run

Expected Result

Hello world!

Actual Result

Failed to create CoreCLR, HRESULT: 0x80070057

Runtime information

> dotnet --info
.NET SDK (reflecting any global.json):
 Version:   5.0.100-rc.1.20452.10
 Commit:    473d1b592e

Runtime Environment:
 OS Name:     Windows
 OS Version:  10.0.19041
 OS Platform: Windows
 RID:         win10-x64
 Base Path:   C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\5.0.100-rc.1.20452.10\

Host (useful for support):
  Version: 5.0.0-rc.1.20451.14
  Commit:  38017c3935

.NET SDKs installed:
  2.1.809 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  3.1.104 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  3.1.201 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  3.1.302 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  3.1.303 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  3.1.402 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  5.0.100-preview.8.20417.9 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
  5.0.100-rc.1.20452.10 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]

.NET runtimes installed:
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.21 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.22 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.21 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.22 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.1.4 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.1.6 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.1.7 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.1.8 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.0-preview.8.20414.8 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.0-rc.1.20451.17 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.21 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.22 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.1.6 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.1.7 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.1.8 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.0-preview.8.20407.11 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.0-rc.1.20451.14 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 3.1.6 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
  Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 3.1.7 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
  Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 3.1.8 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
  Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 5.0.0-preview.8.20411.6 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
  Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 5.0.0-rc.1.20452.2 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]

To install additional .NET runtimes or SDKs:
  https://aka.ms/dotnet-download

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 3 years ago
Reactions:2
Comments:8 (4 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

2reactions

Evangelinkcommented, Feb 22, 2022

It seems to be linked to the ; character as a folder named ; reproduce the issue.

From my tests dotnet restore and dotnet build are fine but not dotnet run. I believe this is another case of encoding of special char that was forgotten. I will check if #23730 might help with this issue.

1reaction

baronfelcommented, Jul 6, 2022

Thanks for confirming @martincostello, let me try again on windows. I mistakenly thought your initial repro was linux despite you providing your dotnet --info output.

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