# Opening my dictionary Error

**URL:** <https://clarionhub.com/t/opening-my-dictionary-error/3074>\
**Category:** questions\
**Created:** [January 30, 2020, 7:19am UTC](https://clarionhub.com/t/opening-my-dictionary-error/3074 "2020-01-30T07:19:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elna](https://clarionhub.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Elna](https://clarionhub.com/u/Elna)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 7:19am UTC](https://clarionhub.com/t/opening-my-dictionary-error/3074/1 "2020-01-30T07:19:46Z")

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I get the following Error when opening my dictionary. It goes in but everytime gives me this error.  
Plz help

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**Author:** ![Steve\_Shurts](https://clarionhub.com/user_avatar/clarionhub.com/steve_shurts/32/523_2.png) [@Steve\_Shurts](https://clarionhub.com/u/Steve_Shurts)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://clarionhub.com/t/opening-my-dictionary-error/3074/2 "2020-02-03T18:49:55Z")

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For grins, you might want to export the dictionary as a txd; save it in safe place; create a new dictionary named cpr.dct; and, import the txd file. After you save it, re-open it and see if the error is gone.

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**Author:** ![Mike\_Duglas](https://clarionhub.com/user_avatar/clarionhub.com/mike_duglas/32/1061_2.png) [@Mike\_Duglas](https://clarionhub.com/u/Mike_Duglas)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://clarionhub.com/t/opening-my-dictionary-error/3074/3 "2020-02-03T19:28:20Z")

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The error “the filename is invalid”, maybe move the dct into another folder, or rename appdev.C10 to say appdev\_C10.

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**Author:** ![HarvB](https://clarionhub.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b4bc9f/32.png) [@HarvB](https://clarionhub.com/u/HarvB)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://clarionhub.com/t/opening-my-dictionary-error/3074/4 "2020-02-04T16:24:01Z")

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I think this is the solution - I often get issues if a directory has a full stop in it.