Invalid Filename or Volume Error on Slideshow Export

I have a slideshow in Aperture that is giving me an error message when I try to Export the Slideshow. The message says, "Unable to Export Slideshow: An invalid filename or voume was encountered." What does this mean, and how do I fix it?
The slideshow is 952 slides with music. It runs fine in Aperture, but crashes when I try to Export.
I am running the latest version of Aperture 3.4.3 and the latest Mountain Lion 10.8.2.
What can I do?
Kevin

That certainly explains it!
You should not put a slash into any filename you want to export to your disk. Avoid any characters that may have a special meaning in a pathname.

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Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Seems to be two issues complicating things here:
I'm trying to export photos from iphoto to a 2 GB thumb drive. I keep getting the error message "unable to create volume" when I try to move anything but very small batches of photos over.
What format is that wee drive? Mostly there are FAT16 or FAT 32 and there is a limit to the number of objects they can have on the root of the drive. The workaround is to export to a Folder on the desktop and copy that over.
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I tried to create a folder on my desktop for the photos but then when I try to move from there I get an error message telling me the photo "is in use" and can't be moved to the thumb drive.
You will sometimes get this message when you try to export two files +with the same name+ to a Folder. As you know your camera is well capable of producing many files called something like DSC_1234.jpeg. In iPhoto these will be in separate folders, so no problem. However, when you go to export them to the Folder on the desktop if iPhoto continues the export one will overwrite the error.
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