# Can\`t import DICOM data

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/can-t-import-dicom-data/4464>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 19, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/can-t-import-dicom-data/4464 "2018-10-19T14:08:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/can-t-import-dicom-data/4464/7 "2018-10-19T15:34:55Z")

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The problem is likely due to this:

“C:/Users/kiyom/OneDrive/?h?L???g/SlicerDICOMDatabase

Sorry, we don’t handle non-English characters well. Please set your directory to point to an ascii-only path.

Hope that helps,  
Steve

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