I'm not able to reproduce the bug. You should create a new archive (with file roller and with zip utility too) which contains files with an accent in their names. Now you should try if these archives are affected too.
** Changed in: file-roller (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- can't extract files with accents https://launchpad.net/bugs/63778 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs