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Err Msg: Access to the Specified Device, Path, or File...

Article ID: 149190

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2006

Microsoft Windows 95

This article was previously published under Q149190

SYMPTOMS

If you connect to a server that has extended characters in its name using a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) network connection, you may receive the following error message when you attempt to copy files from that server:

Access to the specified device, path, or file is denied.

CAUSE

This problem occurs with server names that contain certain extended characters.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, use either of the following methods:

Map a drive letter to the network resource, then copy the files.
Change the name of the server so that it does not contain extended characters.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about extended characters, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

83275 Using Extended ASCII Characters (Not Found on Keyboard)

Keywords: kberrmsg kbnetwork KB149190