Captivate 8 Publishing Problem: Special Characters

I am creating a tutorial series for Captivate for a client - I need to publish the current version so I can begin testing. 

My folders all begin with my first name, followed by a period, and then my last name.  This is the format for our network.  I can publish locally, but then I will not be able to test my project on other PCs, and others will not be able to test my program.  Also - I am fairly certain that the folder structure of my client's is similiar: folder names will contain either a period, an underscore, or even both special characters.

Why - why - why - will Captivate not publish my project for me?  The, "Publish path has unsupported characters..." error continues to plague me. 

If this is something Captivate simply will not allow, I am grounded.  It is not uncommon for people on networks to have periods or underscore characters in their folder titles - if this does not allow publishing to such folders, what can I do? 

I swear (and I am just venting) every time I need to do something with this program, I feel I am stepping backwards 3 feet for every 1 step forward I make.