Invalid Characters Allowed When Creating File Association
Article ID: 132660
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
- Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
This article was previously published under Q132660
SYMPTOMS
You can type invalid extension characters when you are creating or
modifying a file association.
CAUSE
The File Types tab in the Options dialog box does not validate the
characters you type.
RESOLUTION
Do not use spaces or special characters in an extension when you are
creating or modifying a file association. Special characters you should not
use in extensions include:
<
>
|
\
/
:
;
*
?
"
STATUS
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
Additional query words: 4.0
Keywords: KB132660