Error Creating an Invalid Directory from File Manager

Last reviewed: November 23, 1994
Article ID: Q82670

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.1, .311

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 "MS-DOS User's Guide and Reference" 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.

KBCategory: kbtool kberrmsg
KBSubcategory: win31
Additional reference words: 3.10

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Last reviewed: November 23, 1994
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