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- DOCUMENT:Q103368 15-SEP-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :From Command Prompt: "The Name Specified Is Not Recognized..."
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- SYMPTOMS
- ========
-
- From the Windows NT Command Prompt, when you try to run a file or
- change to a directory whose name contains one of these characters
-
- & ( ) ^ ; | , or <space>
-
- you then receive one of the following error messages:
-
- The name specified is not recognized as an internal or external
- command, operable program or batch file.
-
- -or-
-
- The system cannot find the path specified.
- The name specified is not recognized as an internal or external
- command, operable program or batch file.
-
- CAUSE
- =====
-
- Although File Manager and some other applications allow the use of the
- characters shown above, if you use any of these characters in a
- filename or directory name and then try to run the file or change to
- the directory from the Command Prompt, you will receive one of the
- error messages shown above.
-
- WORKAROUNDS
- ===========
-
- - In the Command Prompt, put quotation marks around the entire
- filename.
-
- -or-
-
- - Put a "^" (without the quotation marks) before the extended
- character in the filename or directory name. The ; and ,
- characters will not work in a filename or directory name.
-
- MORE INFORMATION
- ================
-
- The Windows NT Command Prompt uses these characters for special
- functions. Refer to the Windows NT online Help file in the "What's New
- or Different from MS-DOS" section for information on the functions of
- these characters.
-
- Steps to Reproduce Problem
- --------------------------
-
- 1. Using File Manager, in the Windows NT program directory, copy
- NOTEPAD.EXE and rename it to NOTE&PAD.EXE.
-
- 2. From the Main group, start the Command Prompt.
-
- 3. Change to the Windows NT program directory, type the following
- command, and press ENTER:
-
- note&pad
-
- One of the above error messages will appear.
-
- Type the following command (with the quotation marks) to successfully
- run Notepad:
-
- "note&pad"
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10 W_NTAS
- KBCategory:
- KBSubcategory: filsys
-
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