Microsoft KB Archive/242763

= Age of Empires II: Cannot Name a Saved Game After a COM or LPT Port =

Article ID: 242763

Article Last Modified on 1/25/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
 * Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion
 * Microsoft Age of Empires II Gold Edition

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This article was previously published under Q242763



SYMPTOMS
When you save a game in Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings and type the name of a communications (COM) port or a parallel (LPT) port, you receive the following error message:

That already file exists. Overwrite it?

If you click Yes, you receive the following error message:

The game could not be saved. Free some disk space, and then try again.



RESOLUTION
To prevent this issue from occurring, do not type any of the following names when you save a game in Age of Empires II:
 * COM1
 * COM2
 * COM3
 * COM4
 * LPT1
 * LPT2
 * LPT3



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age ofKings.

Additional query words: 2.00 msgame aoe2 aok

Keywords: kbbug kbpending kbui KB242763

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