Article: Q243777
Product(s): Windows for Workgroups and Windows NT Networking Issues
Version(s): WINDOWS:2000,95
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s):
Last Modified: 06-AUG-2002
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 95
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SYMPTOMS
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When you click Save in the Save File As common dialog box, nothing may happen,
or the contents of the Look In box may change.
CAUSE
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This behavior can occur if the the File Name box contains an asterisk (*) or
question mark (?). These characters are reserved for use as wildcards and cannot
be used in a file name.
RESOLUTION
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Specify a file name that does not contain an asterisk or question mark.
STATUS
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This behavior is by design and is shared by all Windows-based programs that use
the common Save File As dialog box.
MORE INFORMATION
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You can use wildcards to reference more than one file name by using special
characters. A wildcard is a character (either an asterisk or a question mark)
that is used to express that any combination of characters is allowed in a
certain section of a string. For example, if you want to list all files that
begin with the string "user" but can contain any other characters and any
extension, use the following wildcard:
user*.*
If you want to list all files that start with any character, then contain the
string "user" and have any extension, use the following wildcard:
?user*.*
File names that contain other illegal characters, such as a colon (:), generate
the following error message:
<Filename> This filename is not valid.
The characters that are valid for a file or folder name include any combination
of letters (A-Z) and/or numbers (0-9), plus the following special characters:
$ Dollar sign
% Percent
' Apostrophe
` Opening single quotation mark
- Hyphen
@ At sign
{ Left brace
} Right brace
~ Tilde
! Exclamation point
# Number sign
( Opening parenthesis
) Closing parenthesis
& Ampersand
_ Underscore
^ Caret
space
+ Plus sign
, Comma
. Period
= Equal sign
[ Opening bracket
] Closing bracket
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Keywords :
Technology : kbwin2000AdvServ kbwin2000AdvServSearch kbwin2000Serv kbwin2000ServSearch kbwin2000Search kbwin2000ProSearch kbwin2000Pro kbWin95search kbWin98search kbWin98SEsearch kbWinAdvServSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin98 kbWin98SE
Version : WINDOWS:2000,95
Issue type : kbprb
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