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kalos:
Hello!

not being able to use " * : < > ? \ / | characters in filenames (reserved characters in NTFS) is a major inconvenience

is there a way to overcome this?

I want to create an archive of files that may have such characters

thanks!

skwire:
AFAIK, nope.

kalos:
maybe using metadata or something?

mwb1100:
not being able to use " * : < > ? \ / | characters in filenames (reserved characters in NTFS) is a major inconvenience
-kalos (April 04, 2012, 04:07 PM)
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I'd think that having files with characters like those in the name would be an even bigger inconvenience!

files that may have such characters
-kalos (April 04, 2012, 04:07 PM)
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Where are those files coming from?

Renegade:
AFAIK, nope.
-skwire (April 04, 2012, 04:10 PM)
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+1

It is simply impossible to use "\" in a file name as it would indicate a path.

I can't see any reason to go down this path of using illegal characters. Is there some specific problem that you're trying to address?

If you REALLY want to use them, then you can create an NTFS stream and name it "name" or something like that, then put the file name in there and write a custom browser that reads those file names.

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