KB194255 - FP98: Error HTTP 404 if Page URL Contains a Space

Article ID: 194255

Article Last Modified on 10/3/2001

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When you attempt to view a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that contains spaces, you may receive one of the following error messages:

HTTP/1.0 404 Object Not Found.

-or-

HTAccess: Error accessing "url": HTTP: file/directory does not exist.

Some browsers do not support spaces in the URL.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

FrontPage Editor displays the following warning message when you attempt to save a page with an invalid URL

"<file name>.htm" is not a valid Page URL for the current Web. Do you want to save the page with this URL?"

where <file name> is the name of your file.

This message is confirmation that some browsers will be unable to view this page.

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