Microsoft KB Archive/82670

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Error Creating an Invalid Directory from File Manager

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Q82670

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11

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SUMMARY
Under the Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1, the wrong error message is displayed when you attempt to create a directory with an invalid name from File Manager. File Manager will incorrectly return the following error message if the directory name contains an illegal character:

Cannot find path.

Please verify that the correct path is given.

For a list of valid file and directory names, please see pages 69-70 of the &quot;MS-DOS User's Guide and Reference&quot; for version 5.0.

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows versions 3.1 and 3.11. We are researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 3.10

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Technology : kbWin3xSearch kbWin310 kbWin311