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Q243777: Nothing Happens When You Click Save in "Save File As" Box

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
================

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

Additional query words:

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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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