The filename, directory name, or volume syntax is incorrect

[BossHogg]

When trying to use my CS-RCS tools that use to work fine, I now receive a pop-up dialog (no title) with the words "The filename, directory name, or volume syntax is incorrect ".

I've checked that the program is entered OK, and the parameters/workdir

Anyone else seen anything similar?

I upgraded to version 4.7 (without deinstalling 4.6.x first), but the problem still remains.

The same sortcuts are used by other programs and work fine.

[wingcma]

I am also having this problem with my Perl Tools after I did a Windows (NT4.0) Update. Uninstalled Textpad 4.7 and reverted back to 4.5 and it works.

[the knob]

I am seeing this on an NT4 machine as well. The system was working fine for quite some time, then this problem seemed to occur out of the blue. I was running version 4.6.2 I believe, but saw this problem after updating to version 4.7 in hopes it would clear up this problem. I have applied most if not all NT and IE security fixes to this machine. Tried disabling antivirus and a couple other apps with no luck.

[BigJimSlade]

I'm seeing this also after upgrading to 4.7
i find that when i switch the tool from directly running the program to running cmd.exe with the name of the tool in my case msxsl.exe it works

i think that there maybe sonething broken with textpad 4.7 or I don't understand when to use cmd.exe or directly call the program from textpad

any ideas????

[pwsteele]

Add me to the list. I just upgraded one of my users from NT 4.0 SP5 to NT 4.0 SP6 and now she gets this error whenever she tries to run a command via Run or any tool she creates. I've uninstalled a few times and have installed 4.7 but the same problem occurs. If I try to use Run and purposely enter an invalid filename, it says it can't find the file. However, if I enter a valid filename/path, it gives the error

"The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect"

in a dialog and does not run the command.

Has anyone found a solution to this problem?

[rlocke]

I was running fine with 4.7.... until I installed some security patches. Turns out that

Security Update for Microsoft Windows (823803) - version 1,10,101,0

is causing the problem... I uninstalled this patch and the problem has gone away.

[pwsteele]

We had the same patch installed so we uninstalled it, rebooted, and the problem went away.

Thanks very much for the help!

Peter

[dkeatley]

Anyone else getting the error:

"The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect"

When Saving to UNC paths like

\\server\share\dir\file.ext

Opening works fine.

XP SP2
TP 5.2