Microsoft KB Archive/813722

= Invalid Path or File Name Error Message When You Save Online Broadcast Files =

Article ID: 813722

Article Last Modified on 9/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

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SYMPTOMS
When you create either a live Microsoft PowerPoint Online Broadcast or a recorded Microsoft PowerPoint Online Broadcast, and you try to specify a Web location (Hypertext Transfer Protocol [HTTP] or File Transfer Protocol [FTP]) for the Save broadcast files in setting in the Broadcast Settings dialog box, you may receive one of the following error messages:

The path or file name for http:// / is invalid. Please check that the path and file name are correct.

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http:// / is not a shared directory. A shared directory should be in the form of \\ \.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs because PowerPoint 2003 cannot save online broadcast files to an FTP location or an HTTP location. However, you can save the online broadcast files locally or to a file server on the network.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, specify a shared folder as the target location where to save the broadcast file by using the Universal Naming Convention (UNC), or \\ \.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

