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Hi: i don't know if i am in the right forum or not.if i am not please direct me to the proper one.i am trying to use qbasic in the above os.
i migrated from win98se to winxp.
i constanly get an error 76 "path not found".the program will work as
long as my files are "c:\filnam.txt".however if i use the following path i get an error message.

"c:\documents and settings\hp_administrator\desktop\folder\filnam.txt"

any help? thank you.
p.s. i tried changing compatibility mode in win xp;does not work.

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It might have to do with the spaces in the filename. Try using the DOS name (DOCUMEN~, etc) for the names.

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yeah DOS doesnt support spaces or names over 8 characters

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