I then typed it in using the - key from the keypad instead of the one by the backspace and it worked just fine.
Also, after using the keypad I found I could use the normal - and it worked fine until I rebooted. After that, it went back to the %E2%80%93 until I used the keypad again. Very odd.
I had a similar problem with a web page that used - in the data portion of the url, eg: http:// server/ file.php? -list server/ file.php? %E2%80% 93list
The server reported it as http://
I then typed it in using the - key from the keypad instead of the one by the backspace and it worked just fine.
Also, after using the keypad I found I could use the normal - and it worked fine until I rebooted. After that, it went back to the %E2%80%93 until I used the keypad again. Very odd.