"Filename Is Not Valid" When You Quit Microsoft Excel
Article ID: 133707
Article Last Modified on 8/15/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q133707
SYMPTOMS
When you quit Microsoft Excel, you may receive the "Filename is not valid"
error message, if both of the following conditions are true:
- You have logged on to the computer with a user name that exceeds eight
characters.
-and-
- You have disabled the use of long filenames.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, do either of the following:
- Log on to the computer with a user name that has eight or fewer
characters.
-or-
- Enable long filenames.
MORE INFORMATION
With Microsoft Excel 5.0 for Windows NT, Microsoft Excel creates toolbar
settings that are user-specific. When you quit Microsoft Excel, it
attempts to create a toolbar file that contains the user name, such as
Username.xlb. For example, if you log on to your computer as the user
"Administrator" and long filenames are disabled, when you quit Microsoft
Excel you will receive the error message because Microsoft Excel attempts
to create a file called Adminstrator.xlb (which exceeds the 8.3 limit).
REFERENCES
For additional information, please see the following article(s) in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
116342 : How To Disable Long Filename Support on FAT Partitions
Additional query words: lfn file name exit Err Msg
Keywords: KB133707