Barry said:
The My Documents folder does not allow colons [punctuation marks
(“:”)]. This probably applies to other folders too. Since the colon
is a common punctuation mark (at least in my writing), how can I
make the folders accept it?
P.S. I have WinXP Pro w/ SP2
You do not/can not "make" it accept that as part of a filename/foldername.
There are certain characters that you cannot put in file/folder names.
They are reserved. They have special significance and/or would make certain
functions of the operating system misbehave if you tried to access said
file/folder in certain ways.
These characters:
* : | \ / " ? < >
Are some of the ones you cannot use (from straight off your keyboard).
Simplest explanation as to why is that there are certain functions (like
searches for example) that use those characters to represent part of a
command or a "set" of characters. In a search example, "*" stands for any
characters of any length and "?" is any alphanumeric character. At a
command prompt - the "/" and "\" are directory denotations. The colon after
a letter represents a drive letter (for example) and "<" and ">" are piping
variables - for output.
Every operating system has its own set of "reserved" characters.. You just
have to learn to love with them.
Didn't you ask this about three days ago?
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...insubject:Query&rnum=1&hl=en#53363c114e06b98a
( Short link:
http://snipurl.com/rc7n )
