# Track allocation is not working on windows when the folder has an umlaut (like ä) in its name

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/track-allocation-is-not-working-on-windows-when-the-folder-has-an-umlaut-like-a-in-its-name/5679>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [September 2, 2017, 11:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/track-allocation-is-not-working-on-windows-when-the-folder-has-an-umlaut-like-a-in-its-name/5679 "2017-09-02T11:53:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![bernhard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bernhard/32/2619_2.png) [@bernhard](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bernhard)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 11:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/track-allocation-is-not-working-on-windows-when-the-folder-has-an-umlaut-like-a-in-its-name/5679/1 "2017-09-02T11:53:47Z")

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On my machine no \*.mem files are created in this situation. I am in Windows 10 with julia 0.6.

Can someone possible either “prove me wrong” or confirm the statement in the title?

I used track-allocation=user

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**Author:** ![mauro3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mauro3/32/292_2.png) [@mauro3](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mauro3)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 11:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/track-allocation-is-not-working-on-windows-when-the-folder-has-an-umlaut-like-a-in-its-name/5679/2 "2017-09-04T11:24:08Z")

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I can’t reproduce it on my Linux box. But still, it sounds like you ought to open a bug report.

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**Author:** ![bernhard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bernhard/32/2619_2.png) [@bernhard](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bernhard)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 5:42am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/track-allocation-is-not-working-on-windows-when-the-folder-has-an-umlaut-like-a-in-its-name/5679/3 "2017-09-06T05:42:10Z")

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Thank you.  
Well, I still think there is the possibility that I made a mistake on my side somewhere. I will wait until someone with windows confirms my issue.