[issue10113] UnicodeDecodeError in mimetypes.guess_type on Windows

2010-10-15 Thread Vladimir Dmitriev
Changes by Vladimir Dmitriev : -- components: Library (Lib), Windows files: mime content types.reg nosy: vldmit priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: UnicodeDecodeError in mimetypes.guess_type on Windows type: behavior versions: Python 2.7 Added file: http

[issue10113] UnicodeDecodeError in mimetypes.guess_type on Windows

2010-10-15 Thread Vladimir Dmitriev
New submission from Vladimir Dmitriev : Windows 7, Python 2.7 Some windows applications (QuickTime) add content-types to Windows registry with non-ascii names. mimetypes in unaware of that and fails with UnicodeDecodeError: >>> mimetypes.guess_type('test.js') Traceback (mo