Cannot Access Macintosh Files on Windows NT Server

 Last reviewed: January 9, 1996
Article ID: Q135153
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

You cannot access certain Macintosh files or folders on a Microsoft Windows NT server.

CAUSE

The files or folders you cannot access contain extended characters in their file name. Extended characters that are displayed as an underscore (_) are not in the OEM/ANSI-to-Unicode or Unicode-to-OEM/ANSI mapping tables. The underscore character is substituted for characters that cannot be mapped or displayed.

RESOLUTION

Rename these files or folders using Windows NT.

MORE INFORMATION

The following characters are valid in file names in the Macintosh environment but not in Windows 95: 

   /
   \
   *
   <
   >
   "
   |
   ?
If a Macintosh user creates a folder whose name contains any of these characters and you try to open the folder in Windows 95, you receive the following error message: 

   The directory does not exist
This behavior can also occur if a Macintosh folder name contains a trailing space or period at the end of the name.

KBCategory: kbnetwork
KBSubcategory: posfest win95
Additional reference words: 95

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Last reviewed: January 9, 1996
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