"Invalid File Name"

Sonny Jenkins · Post by **Sonny Jenkins** » 18 Jun 2012 6:14 am

Well one of our kind and generous "fo'bro's" has sent me a good BIAB track of a song,,,,which I am very greatful. One problem,,,,when I make my changes (style and key) and click save,,,I get a message that says "can not be saved, invalid file name" Can anyone help????

Post by **Brad Bechtel** » 18 Jun 2012 6:59 am

Usually that means that you're using a reserved character in the file name. Windows and OS X have certain characters reserved for the OS, characters that refer to the directory or path of the file. For example, the colon : or the slash \ will give you problems.
Try saving with a new name such as TEST and see if that works for you.

Wiz Feinberg · Post by **Wiz Feinberg** » 18 Jun 2012 7:33 am

I have found that using quote characters is also a no-no in Windows.

Sonny Jenkins · Post by **Sonny Jenkins** » 18 Jun 2012 9:06 am

It's also been suggested that the file may be a "read only" file?? Is there a way to change it from a read only file? BTW,,,no other characters than the word itself is used.

Wiz Feinberg · Post by **Wiz Feinberg** » 18 Jun 2012 9:43 am

Sonny Jenkins wrote:It's also been suggested that the file may be a "read only" file?? Is there a way to change it from a read only file? BTW,,,no other characters than the word itself is used.

Right click on the file and choose Properties. On the General opening tab, at the bottom, are the Attributes. Uncheck Read Only and click Apply. You may need to ack the UAC challenge to make this change.

Sonny Jenkins · Post by **Sonny Jenkins** » 18 Jun 2012 11:22 am

UAC challenge??????

Wiz Feinberg · Post by **Wiz Feinberg** » 18 Jun 2012 4:13 pm

Sonny Jenkins wrote:UAC challenge??????

User Account Control. The box that asks for Administrator permission or password before you are allowed to make changes to the operating system, or drivers.