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[sision0816]

Description

What steps will reproduce the problem?

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Please provide any additional information below

File "C:\Users\chen_w1\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda2\lib\site-packages\spyder\plugins\ipythonconsole.py", line 895, in set_working_directory
refresh_console=False)
File "C:\Users\chen_w1\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda2\lib\site-packages\spyder\plugins\workingdirectory.py", line 286, in chdir
os.chdir( to_text_string(directory) )
WindowsError: [Error 3] The system cannot find the path specified: u'J:\Instron_TMF1-2\Mean stress-strain effect air and water\Kraftgeregelt_288\ufffdC\In water environment\SK200_17'

Version and main components

• Spyder Version: 3.2.0
• Python Version: 2.7.13
• Qt Versions: 5.6.2, PyQt5 5.6 on Windows

Dependencies

pyflakes >=0.5.0  :  1.5.0 (OK)
pycodestyle >=2.3 :  2.3.1 (OK)
pygments >=2.0    :  2.2.0 (OK)
pandas >=0.13.1   :  0.20.1 (OK)
numpy >=1.7       :  1.12.1 (OK)
sphinx >=0.6.6    :  1.5.6 (OK)
rope >=0.9.4      :  0.9.4 (OK)
jedi >=0.9.0      :  0.10.2 (OK)
nbconvert >=4.0   :  5.1.1 (OK)
sympy >=0.7.3     :  1.0 (OK)
cython >=0.21     :  0.25.2 (OK)
qtconsole >=4.2.0 :  4.3.0 (OK)
IPython

[ccordoba12]

Thanks for reporting. This is a duplicate of issue #4816.