Q242763: Age of Empires II: Cannot Name a Saved Game "COMx" or "LPTx"

Article: Q242763
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): WINDOWS:2.0; :
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbui kbimu msgame
Last Modified: 12-JUN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, version 2.0 
- Microsoft Age of Empires II Expansion: The Conquerors 
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SYMPTOMS
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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
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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
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Age of Empires II: The
Age of Kings.

Additional query words: 2.00 msgame aoe2 aok

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Keywords          : kbui kbimu msgame 
Technology        : kbHomeProdSearch kbGamesSearch kbAOESearch kbAOE2Kings
Version           : WINDOWS:2.0; :
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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