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What characters are allowed and not allowed in Windows network share names?



For example, are spaces or apostrophes allowed? E.g. \srv1my share and \srv1foo'bar










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    What characters are allowed and not allowed in Windows network share names?



    For example, are spaces or apostrophes allowed? E.g. \srv1my share and \srv1foo'bar










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      What characters are allowed and not allowed in Windows network share names?



      For example, are spaces or apostrophes allowed? E.g. \srv1my share and \srv1foo'bar










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      What characters are allowed and not allowed in Windows network share names?



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          Refer to the official microsoft documentation, pretty much all is allowed but slashes, angular brackets etc.



          https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/fileio/naming-a-file






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            To add a bit of information, localized char, like é, è, à, etc.., in a share name can get non unicode compliant application to behave badly.



            In example QuickBook will throw random error while openning a DB on a share with localized char.



            As such I suggest to use non localized share name even if technically you can use them.






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                      To add a bit of information, localized char, like é, è, à, etc.., in a share name can get non unicode compliant application to behave badly.



                      In example QuickBook will throw random error while openning a DB on a share with localized char.



                      As such I suggest to use non localized share name even if technically you can use them.






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                        To add a bit of information, localized char, like é, è, à, etc.., in a share name can get non unicode compliant application to behave badly.



                        In example QuickBook will throw random error while openning a DB on a share with localized char.



                        As such I suggest to use non localized share name even if technically you can use them.






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                          To add a bit of information, localized char, like é, è, à, etc.., in a share name can get non unicode compliant application to behave badly.



                          In example QuickBook will throw random error while openning a DB on a share with localized char.



                          As such I suggest to use non localized share name even if technically you can use them.






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                          To add a bit of information, localized char, like é, è, à, etc.., in a share name can get non unicode compliant application to behave badly.



                          In example QuickBook will throw random error while openning a DB on a share with localized char.



                          As such I suggest to use non localized share name even if technically you can use them.







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