Microsoft KB Archive/163393

= "Can’t Save File" After Changing Regional/Keyboard Setting =

Article ID: 163393

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 95

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This article was previously published under Q163393



SYMPTOMS
You get the following error message when trying to save a file in Word:

Cannot save the file. ' ' is not a valid filename.

This error will occur when the following conditions are true:


 * Your Windows 95 Regional Settings are set to Greek
 * Your Windows 95 Keyboard Language option is set to Greek



CAUSE
The Windows 95 code page is not correctly set to Greek by the Windows 95 Regional Settings.



Method 1: Change the Keyboard Setting
Create the document using the Greek Keyboard setting, and then change the Keyboard setting to English before you save the document.

NOTE: Be sure you are typing English characters, otherwise you will get the error message if you type the file name using the Greek keyboard settings when saving the file.

Method 2: Use Microsoft Windows NT, version 4.0
When setting the Windows Regional Settings, click to select the "Set as system default locale" option located on the Regional Settings tab.



STATUS
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

141306 How to Enable Support for Multiple Languages in Windows 95

Additional query words: 95 8.0 word8 word97 cannot

Keywords: KB163393

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