I downloaded a few images from a site to use as desktop backgrounds on my computer, but I couldn’t open any of them afterward. Sorry, no screenshots. One corrupted picture, no big deal, but when they all start showing the same error message.
In practice, one of the first things I check is the name. Looking for odd or foreign characters in the name or punctuation marks.
So what’s wrong with this picture, or should I say its name?
1:image.png
The right answer is “the colon” in the name. I don’t even know how it happened. You cannot name a file with a colon in it. I wasn’t able to anyway.
The punctuation marks not allowed in Windows file names include:
< > : ” ? / \ | *
I renamed the files, and now they open. It’s not the first time I’ve had issues opening files because of the names. Extra-long file names, HTML files that wouldn’t open with the # in the title, emojis in movie titles, and Asian characters in file names, to name a few.
If you are having problems opening a file, try renaming it.
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