WinAT Returns Error "Filename ... Is Incorrect"

 Last reviewed: March 20, 1997
Article ID: Q161700
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you try to start WinAT command scheduler, which comes with the Windows NT Resource Kit, you receive the following error: 

   The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
After you press OK a number of times, WinAT appears, but when you try to use it, a Dr.Watson error is generated.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when the Windows NT Resource Kit is installed to a directory with a long file name; such names cannot be handled properly by WinAT.

RESOLUTION

Install the Windows NT Resource Kit to a directory with an 8.3 name or move Winat.exe, Winat.cnt, and Winat.hlp to a directory with an 8.3 name.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: prodnt resource kit
Keywords : kbbug4.00 kbsetup ntreskit NTSrvWkst
Version : 4.0
Platform : WinNT

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Last reviewed: March 20, 1997
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