KML to Layer hangs

[celeste_w]

I rec'd a kmz file that has dots in the internal feature name, see image.

There are over 200 in the file. 

My problem is I think this "." is causing the tool KML to Layer to hang. I left it running for over an hour and it never went beyond 2%. 

Is this the reason it hangs? Should I just be more patient? It will take a very long time to rename all of these features in GoogleEarth.

EDIT: Here's what ended up working-
1) open the original KMZ, unzip to KML and remove the "." [still locked up the tool]
2) open the new KML in GoogleEarth and change the symbology
3) re-save the KMZ to a new name
4) KML to layer in ArcPRO for the win.

Not sure why changing the symbology would make a difference, but there you go. Thanks for the replies.

[SteveCole]

First thing to try is to open the KMZ in Google Earth and then save it back out as a KML instead of KMZ. Now try to import the KML. If it's still being difficult, open the KML in a text editor program such as Notepad++ and use Find/Replace to fix the periods. Search for "Pipelines." and replace it with "Pipelines ". That should fix all of them in bulk. Save it and try to import the KML once again.

I don't think the periods would be the problem but you never know.

[celeste_w]

Thanks, Steve. It's still running so maybe I'll work on your suggestion while that is going on.

[celeste_w]

I did the search-and-replace, but the KLM still hangs at 2%. Must be something else 'wrong' with it. I'll keep mucking about and see if I can figure something out.

[SteveCole]

Another option might be one of the online KML to shapefile convertors. Try converting it and then import the shapefile instead of the KML. Just google "kml to shapefile convertor"

[celeste_w]

I tried mygeodata converter and the output was one file log.txt with three lines:

Warning 6: Normalized/laundered field name: 'description' to 'descriptio'
Warning 6: Normalized/laundered field name: 'description' to 'descriptio'
Warning 6: Normalized/laundered field name: 'description' to 'descriptio'

I can post the KML in ArcPRO - the lines show up. I just can't convert and therefore the symbology (and everything else) is stuck. The other three kmz files they sent worked fine. Not sure why this one is not converting.

Thanks for your help.