Cannot Access Shared Folder with Extended Characters in Name

• Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you are running the U.S. version of Windows 95, you may not be able to access a shared folder located on a server running an international version of Windows 95 whose name contains certain extended characters.

CAUSE

This problem can occur if your computer and the server are not using the same codepage setting.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, use either of the following methods:

• Change the name of the folder on the server so that it does not contain extended characters.
• Configure your computer to use the same codepage setting as the server. To do so, you must know the codepage setting in use on the server. To change your codepage setting, follow these steps:

  1. Click the Start button, and then click Help.

  2. On the Index tab, type "codepages" (without quotation marks) in the

        "Type the first few letters of the word you're looking for" box.
  

  3. Click Display.

  4. Double-click the "Adding a language or keyboard layout" topic, and

        then follow the instructions in the topic.
  

MORE INFORMATION

The extended characters that cause this problem are 131, 133, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 147, 149, 150, 151, 152, 161, 162, and 163.

The U.S. version of Windows 95 is designed to not allow extended characters in folder names.