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Q110547: Flight Simulator: Error Code (02)

Article: Q110547
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): MS-DOS:5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 07-MAY-2002

kbusage

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Flight Simulator for MS-DOS, version 5.0 
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SUMMARY
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When attempting to save a situation in Flight Simulator, you may receive the
following error:

  Disk Error
  Error Creating File
  Filename: PILOTS\<filename>
  Error Code: File does not exist (02)

MORE INFORMATION
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This error message indicates that Flight Simulator was unable to create the
situation file. This occurs when an invalid character has been entered for the
MS-DOS filename.

Follow these steps to reproduce this situation:

1. Start Flight Simulator 5.0.

2. From the Options menu, click Save Situation.

3. In the Situation Title box type "test:1" (without the quotation marks) and
  press ENTER on the keyboard. Note that the filename is TEST:1, the colon is
  an invalid character for MS-DOS filenames.

4. Click OK.

Additional query words: 5.00 5.00a flightsim fltsim dos two 0002 FS5 saving save mode

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbGamesSearch kbFlightSimSearch kbFlightSim500DOS kbSimSearch
Version           : MS-DOS:5.0
Issue type        : kbinfo

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