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Can't save file, invalid name

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June 23, 2017
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I'm working on a Win7 machine with PS CS5, version 12.1. My problem is with re-saving a file. I will initially save a .psd file with a name like myart-1.psd; as I'm working I periodically save it. This works a couple of times before it declares the file name invalid. How can that be when I've already saved it as that? When I check for the file in my directory, even the initial file doesn't exist. When does save not mean save?

The problem exists even if I only have alpha-numeric characters in the file name. What's up? This is wasting a lot of time and deleting a lot of my work.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Rebecca

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benjamin_david2

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I suggest you Long Path Tool will let you easily delete, copy or rename long path files, you can try it for better service.

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Anonymous

If you are unable to deleting / renaming / copying the files due to their long path issue so i suggest to try "Long Path Tool" software.

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Thanks, but the path length isn't the problem.

Community Expert

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Can you show a screen capture of the failure so we can see what on you display. The message and everything else.

JJMack

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It's started happening again. I have saved files like this under various names like PR-9a, PR-9b, PR-10b, but it balked at this. Any idea why?

Here's the screenshot:

Community Expert

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What is the full path to the file or directory (it is truncated in the error message)? Is the directory on your local computer or a networked drive?