Thanks for the input! But I don't think org-link-escape is the problem for me. In the documentation for the new org changes there is a link conversion function. I ran this to fix all my links and still got the same problem.
It also wouldn't explain my todo capture template failure, either. Of course, I'll keep researching, but I may temporarily try to revert to the previous org release (if I can figure out how!) mahalo -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i - Via Gnus/BBDB/Org/Emacs/Linux
