Microsoft KB Archive/46624

Works 2.00 Err Msg: Filename Not Valid

PSS ID Number: Q46624 Article last modified on 06-12-1996

2.00

MS-DOS

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Microsoft Works error message:

Filename not valid

The following are possible reasons for the error message and suggested workarounds:

  You typed a filename that is more than eight characters or that contains characters that are not valid in a filename. Type a valid filename.   You typed a filename that is the name of a DOS device (CON, AUX, PRN, COM1, LPT1). Type another filename. 

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