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PASW Statistics 18 on Mac is not able to open an .sav file if an accented character exists in the file path

Troubleshooting


Problem

I am running PASW Statisitics v. 18 on OS 10.5 or higher and have saved my .sav file in a directory structure that includes an accented character such as: Users/username/Desktop/untitled folder 2/A?o/test/tester.sav When I double click the file from outside of PASW Statistics 18, I see this error: Error Opening Text Wizard File /Users/username/Desktop/untitled folder 2/An?o/test/tester.sav However, I am able to browse to the file and open it successfully from within the application. When I rename the directory to Ano instead of A?o, the file opens without any problem when I double click it. Is there a way to correct this behavior?

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87388

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Modified date:
16 April 2020

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