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2. Sometimes the easy solution above does not work. Then you can proceed as follows:
 * Open SPSS
 * Choose File->Open->Syntax
 * Choose the appropriate file: c:\data\survey_xxxx_SPSS_syntax_file.sps
 * Now the syntax opens.
 * Change the line that reads /FILE='survey_xxxx_SPSS_data_file.dat'  to include the path where the files are: /FILE='c:\data\survey_xxxx_SPSS_data_file.dat' , for mac user : /FILE='HD/Users/username/survey_xxxx_SPSS_data_file.dat' 
 * Now mark the whole command text and choose Run->All from the menu and after a while (please be patient) you have the dataset with all info like questions, labels etc.