I may not be adding much to the "cannot open sample file" issue, because although located in Greece I am running an English version of Windows 10 (64 bit), but I can open any sample file I try without any problems, including nysewk.gdt.

I am using gretl version 2019a.

John Paravantis
University of Piraeus

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Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 15:25:10 +0100
From: Sven Schreiber <svetosch@gmx.net>
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Am 28.02.2019 um 15:05 schrieb Periklis Gogas:
> I have the same problem with 2018d!
> What can be the problem?

At this point I can only speculate. A gretl bug seems unlikely since no
one else has had this problem. OTOH, I guess you are running a Greek
(so, non-latin) system, and maybe there's a 1% chance that there is some
weird interaction triggering the problem.
(Any other Greek users out there with or without this problem?)

My bet would still be installation corruption. If you have the necessary
admin rights, perhaps try to remove any gretl-related
directories/folders that remain even after an uninstall (including the
...Appdata/Roaming... location, if you know what I mean). Also, re-start
Windows before re-installing gretl.

This is a bit a shot in the dark, I know...

good luck
sven

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Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 16:25:09 +0200
From: Periklis Gogas <perrygogas@gmail.com>
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I am sorry the correct name of the file is nysewk.gdt


PG

*Periklis Gogas
<http://www.econ.duth.gr/personel/dep/gkogkas/index.en.shtml>*
Associate Professor
of Economic Analysis and International Economics
Department of Economics, Democritus University of Thrace

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On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 4:23 PM Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti <
r.lucchetti@univpm.it> wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Feb 2019, Periklis Gogas wrote:
>
> > When I try to open the sample files today I get the message "Unspecified
> > Error"!
> > What is going on? I heve based my lecture on the NYSE1.gdt file and now I
> > cannot find it!
>
> Sorry Periklis, but where did you get the NYSE1.gdt from? As far as I
> know, it's not among the sample files.
>
>
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>    Universit? Politecnica delle Marche
>    (formerly known as Universit? di Ancona)
>
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Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 15:28:03 +0100 (CET)
From: "Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti" <r.lucchetti@univpm.it>
To: Periklis Gogas <perrygogas@gmail.com>
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On Thu, 28 Feb 2019, Periklis Gogas wrote:

> I am sorry the correct name of the file is nysewk.gdt

I can open nysewk.gdt alright. Can you?

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   Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti
   Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali (DiSES)

   Universit? Politecnica delle Marche
   (formerly known as Universit? di Ancona)

   r.lucchetti@univpm.it
   http://www2.econ.univpm.it/servizi/hpp/lucchetti
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Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 16:38:15 +0200
From: Periklis Gogas <perrygogas@gmail.com>
To: r.lucchetti@univpm.it
Cc: Gretl list <gretl-users@lists.wfu.edu>
Subject: Re: [Gretl-users] ERROR opening sample files
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I cannon access it from the menu. If you look above when I fo file > open
data > sample file
I get the "unspecified error"

PG

*Periklis Gogas
<http://www.econ.duth.gr/personel/dep/gkogkas/index.en.shtml>*
Associate Professor
of Economic Analysis and International Economics
Department of Economics, Democritus University of Thrace

Associate Editor - Journal of Economic Asymmetries
<https://www.journals.elsevier.com/the-journal-of-economic-asymmetries/>
Euro Area Business Cycle Network - Fellow
<http://www.eabcn.org/person/periklis-gogas>
The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis - Fellow
<http://www.rcfea.org/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/>
The Society for Economic Measurement - Member
<http://sem.society.cmu.edu/home.html>
Institute for Nonlinear Dynamical Inference (INDI) - Charter Fellow
<http://icemr.ru/institute-for-nonlinear-dynamical-inference/>


On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 4:28 PM Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti <
r.lucchetti@univpm.it> wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Feb 2019, Periklis Gogas wrote:
>
> > I am sorry the correct name of the file is nysewk.gdt
>
> I can open nysewk.gdt alright. Can you?
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
>    Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti
>    Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali (DiSES)
>
>    Universit? Politecnica delle Marche
>    (formerly known as Universit? di Ancona)
>
>    r.lucchetti@univpm.it
>    http://www2.econ.univpm.it/servizi/hpp/lucchetti
> -------------------------------------------------------
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