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# FIX: Special Characters in Path May Prevent File Access

Article ID: 122932

Article Last Modified on 10/16/2002

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft Visual C++ 2.0 Professional Edition

This article was previously published under Q122932

## SYMPTOMS

Microsoft Visual C++ fails to open files that have .BSC or .RC extensions when there are special characters (shown below) in the path. The editor will return to the main window without posting a warning or error.

## CAUSE

The space character and the following characters cause this problem:

       $  %  @  #  !  ^  (  )  {  }  [  ]

All of these characters should work; they are all acceptable.

## RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, avoid using any of the special characters listed above.

## STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Visual C++, version 4.0.

## REFERENCES

For information about related problems with NMake, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

121018 BUG: Special Characters in Path Cause NMake Error U1007

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbide kbvc400fix KB122932