Can't open xml files in ardb 3.2.1

I just recently downloaded ardb 3.2.1 and now encountered a problem with it.

If I try to open a deck I previously made (the .xml file) in the deck builder, I get the message:

"An error occurred while opening E:\filepath\etc\deckname.xml"

OS is win 7.

Is there something I'm missing here? I thought it might be because the file name ardb assignes for the xml might contain apostrophes or scandinavian letters like ä or even spaces, but when I edited those out of the file name the error remained. I also tried removing all the data files and unzipping the stuff again but the error persisted.

Make sure you're not using any non-ascii characters in the deck title or description.

I found that when using an em-dash (—) and saving ARDB would not subsequently open the deck.

Try opening the .xml doc in a text editor and checking the title / description / author for odd characters...

I opened the xml file with notepad and removed/replaced the spaces and scandic letters from deck name and description but error still remained.

Think I'm doomed to having to redo the decks?

Anyone have any ideas or similar problems? I'm currently assuming the problem has somethign to do with my OS being windows 7 64 bit.

Even when I made a new deck with no weird symbold in name or description I could not open the .xml file afterwards.

jpas wrote:

I'm currently assuming the problem has something to do with my OS being windows 7 64 bit.

I'm still using 3.1.1, which was flawless on Win7 64-bit for years, and has behaved perfectly on Windows 8 Pro and Windows 8.1.

I'm confident that it isn't an issue with the operating system.

Have you contacted the people that have worked on the program, here?

code.google.com/p/ardb/issues/list

or here?

groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ardb-devel

any news on this problem? I experience the same error too.