How would I make the My Documents folder accept a colon (:)?
Thank you,
Barry Karas
PS I run Windows XP with SP2.
You do not/cannot do this.
XP restricts the use of the * . " / \ [ ] : ; | = , characters in a file or
folder's name.
http://grandstreamdreams.blogspot.com/2007/04/names-you-can-drop-with-xpvista.html
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> 7/Jan/2008 1:15
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> How would I make the My Documents folder accept a colon (:)?
For what? In a file name?
You can not.
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Barry Karas
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Some info here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8.3_filename
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Barry Karas wrote:
> How would I make the My Documents folder accept a colon (:)?
>
> PS I run Windows XP with SP2.
Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> For what? In a file name?
>
> You can not.
Barry Karas wrote:
> So a perfectly acceptable part of the English language cannot be
> used?
Sure - if you want to put it that way.
It has been that way in Windows for a LONG time - and as discussed in this
conversation - most other OSes have some limits as well.
http://www.comentum.com/File-Systems-HFS-FAT-UFS.html
http://www.xvsxp.com/files/forbidden.php
Notice that all but Unix/Linux restrict the colon (:) usage in a file or
folder name.
On Windows - there are even some full words that you cannot name your files.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247.aspx
So - the answer is you will *not* likely be putting a colon (:) in your file
or folder names in the situation you have given.
> So a perfectly acceptable part of the English language cannot be used?
If you want to call a colon part of the English language, yes (I would
consider it a punctuation mark, used in many languages).
There are several punctuation marks, or "perfectly acceptable part[s]
of the English language" that can not be used in file names. They are
* . " / \ [ ] : ; | = ,
The reason that they can not be used is that have other reserved
specialized uses.
> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kbl...@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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> > On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 01:21:29 -0500, "Barry Karas"
> > <barryka...@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >> 7/Jan/2008 1:15
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> >> How would I make the My Documents folder accept a colon (:)?
> >
> >
> > For what? In a file name?
> >
> > You can not.
> >
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> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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There are several punctuation marks, or "perfectly acceptable part[s]
of the English language" that can not be used in file names. They are
* . " / \ [ ] : ; | = ,
The reason that they can not be used is that have other reserved
specialized uses.
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At last...an answer that makes sense.
This is basically the Liberal Arts versus Engineering. In this case,
enginering won.
Barry Karas
"Ken Blake, MVP" <kbl...@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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> If you want to call a colon part of the English language, yes (I would
> consider it a punctuation mark, used in many languages).
>
> There are several punctuation marks, or "perfectly acceptable part[s]
> of the English language" that can not be used in file names. They are
> * . " / \ [ ] : ; | = ,
>
> The reason that they can not be used is that have other reserved
> specialized uses.
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> At last...an answer that makes sense.
>
> This is basically the Liberal Arts versus Engineering. In this case,
> enginering won.
Well, I'm glad my answer made sense to you, but I don't see it as a
conflict, or as anything having "won."