https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/received-string-is-not-a-valid-utf8-string/m-p/10962863#M8221 <P>The script editor in my Maya 2020.4 is unusable because it is constantly printing&nbsp;</P><P># Received string is not a valid utf8 string.</P><P>I've deleted the preferences but it still happens.</P><P>I found one forum post but the cause in that post seems to be related to a particular scene and the users system being in Portuguese. For me the issue happens in any scene (including on start up)</P><P><A href="https://forums.cgsociety.org/t/unknown-error-message/1475782/5" target="_blank">CGTalk | Unknown Error Message (cgsociety.org)</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Anyone any ideas?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="coeuscreative_0-1645451513653.png" style="width: 600px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1027728iFDC031A1ED4936EF/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="coeuscreative_0-1645451513653.png" alt="coeuscreative_0-1645451513653.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 21 Feb 2022 14:00:15 GMT coeuscreative 2022-02-21T14:00:15Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/received-string-is-not-a-valid-utf8-string/m-p/10962863#M8221 <P>The script editor in my Maya 2020.4 is unusable because it is constantly printing&nbsp;</P><P># Received string is not a valid utf8 string.</P><P>I've deleted the preferences but it still happens.</P><P>I found one forum post but the cause in that post seems to be related to a particular scene and the users system being in Portuguese. For me the issue happens in any scene (including on start up)</P><P><A href="https://forums.cgsociety.org/t/unknown-error-message/1475782/5" target="_blank">CGTalk | Unknown Error Message (cgsociety.org)</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Anyone any ideas?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="coeuscreative_0-1645451513653.png" style="width: 600px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1027728iFDC031A1ED4936EF/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="coeuscreative_0-1645451513653.png" alt="coeuscreative_0-1645451513653.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 21 Feb 2022 14:00:15 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/received-string-is-not-a-valid-utf8-string/m-p/10962863#M8221 coeuscreative 2022-02-21T14:00:15Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/received-string-is-not-a-valid-utf8-string/m-p/13360110#M8222 <P>By any chance, do you use some image capture software, such as camo studio or similar?<BR />Try closing stuff like that.</P> Sat, 08 Mar 2025 17:13:56 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/received-string-is-not-a-valid-utf8-string/m-p/13360110#M8222 stentonbay 2025-03-08T17:13:56Z