[GNC] Cannot save custom checks

[John Ralls]

> On Aug 4, 2018, at 8:00 AM, Mike stagl <m_stagl at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> I'm having trouble saving custom check prints.  When I try to save my custom settings, I get a dialog box that says:
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> Cannot Open File {odd symbols such as an "X" in a box}\Users\{my Windows User Name}\AppData\Roaming\GnuCash\Checks\PTA.chk: Invalid Argument.
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> If I attempt different file names to save as, I can get this message:
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> Cannot Open File {symbols such as an "X" in a box"}\Users\{my Windows User Name}\AppData\Roaming\GnuCash\Checks\1.chk: Input/Output Error
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> I am using GnuCash 3.2 on Windows 7.  I encounter this error both when I am using a local copy of a .gnucash file on my local machine, and also when I am working with a .gnucash file on a remote server.
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> Any thought?  Thanks to all the contributors,

“X in a box” is Windows’s way of indicating a character for which the current font doesn’t have a glyph. Normally one would expect “C:” beginning the user directory path, so perhaps your user directories are on a network share with non-ASCII characters in the name?

Regards,
John Ralls