"Can’t Save File" After Changing Regional/Keyboard Setting
Article ID: 163393
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q163393
SYMPTOMS
You get the following error message when trying to save a file in Word:
Cannot save the file. '<path><filename>' is not a valid filename.
This error will occur when the following conditions are true:
- Your Windows 95 Regional Settings are set to Greek
- Your Windows 95 Keyboard Language option is set to Greek
CAUSE
The Windows 95 code page is not correctly set to Greek by the Windows 95
Regional Settings.
WORKAROUND
Method 1: Change the Keyboard Setting
Create the document using the Greek Keyboard setting, and then change the
Keyboard setting to English before you save the document.
NOTE: Be sure you are typing English characters, otherwise you will get the
error message if you type the file name using the Greek keyboard settings
when saving the file.
Method 2: Use Microsoft Windows NT, version 4.0
When setting the Windows Regional Settings, click to select the "Set as
system default locale" option located on the Regional Settings tab.
STATUS
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
Additional query words: 95 8.0 word8 word97 cannot
Keywords: KB163393