Prevent the file path of an image appearing above the image when using \begin{figure} \includegraphics{filepath}

Question

I have inserted an image in my LaTeX document and the image always displays with the file path of the image directly above it. How can I prevent this file path from displaying?

I am inserting the image like this:

\begin{figure}
\centering
    \includegraphics{C:/Users/Name/Pictures/image1.png}
\caption{a caption}
\label{fig:reference}
\end{figure}

Here is a working example of document that produces this behaviour:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
\includegraphics{C:/Users/Name/Pictures/image 1.png}

\end{figure}

\end{document}

The image was inserted using the TeXnicCenter Insert>Picture function.

When I generate the pdf document, directly above any image (I have inserted multiple images using this technique) the file path displays above the image, in the case above it would show: "file\path\of\image", how can I prevent this from displaying?

Answer 1

Avoid special characters (blank spaces, underscores, …) in the name and the path of the file. For extended file name processing try the grffile package from the oberdiek bundle.

Answer 2

Normally you shouldn't use white spaces or special characters in path. To use them you can load the package grffile

Alternatively you can use:

\includegraphics[]{\string"path"}

Answer 3

Another common reason for the same problem is one may use "draft" mode.

For example,

\documentclass[draft,a4paper,11pt]{report}

Simply removing the draft option will solve the problem.