Microsoft KB Archive/51875

Works: COMx and LPTx Are Invalid Filenames

PSS ID Number: Q51875 Article last modified on 10-16-1998

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Microsoft Works for MS-DOS does not allow you to save a file with the filename COM1, COM2, LPT1, LPT2, or LPT3 because these are MS-DOS reserved names. In most cases, Works returns the error message “Cannot write file” followed by the message “File not saved. Disk no longer contains file. Save the file to another disk.” In some cases, Works returns the error message “Disk full.” In Works 2.0 and 3.0, the error message “Filename not valid” appears.

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