Unable to change directory in R Studio - problem with oneDrive

Question

I am facing a problem while trying to change directory to read a csv in Rstudio.

When I type getwd() I get this as my directory:

C:/Users/giorg/OneDrive/Υπολογιστής/MSc_Data_Science_&_CI/Introduction to Statistical methods for Data Science/Coursework

So when I try to read my csv I get that error:

C:/Users/giorg/OneDrive/ÕðïëïãéóôÞò/MSc_Data_Science_&_CI/Introduction to Statistical methods for Data Science/Coursework/x.csv': No such file or directory

I tried to change through Global options > General but I still have oneDrive in my path

And when I try with setwd() I get :

setwd("C:/Users/giorg/OneDrive/Υπολογιστής/Giorgos")
Error in setwd("C:/Users/giorg/OneDrive/<U+03A5>p<U+03BF><U+03BB><U+03BF><U+03B3><U+03B9>st<U+03AE><U+03C2>/Giorgos") 
  cannot change working directory

Any suggestions about what should I do?

Answer 1

I had the same problem at some point. When I tried to change the directory I got the same error. In my case, the problem started when I changed the language of my computer. The file which I wanted to use as directory named in Greek language and after I turned my computer to English, R couldn't recognize it. The problem solved when I renamed the file with English characters.