Windows illegal filename characters

It throws an error. It cannot be read anymore. At least it can still be renamed. So the names are also invalid if followed by an extension. Sometimes it tends to disappear unexpectedly, but it comes back and the files in it are also still there.

Strange things anyway. For example, AUX. Tested on Windows 7 by renaming files in Explorer. That bit me when trying to look at some Linux source on a Windows box recently. Pretty annoying. Your email address will not be published.

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Viewed times. Could anyone help me? Thank you in advance. Improve this question. You can also check this: stackoverflow. Regexes cannot validate filenames because what names are valid is not determined by the characters in the name. To validate a filename you have to create the file and see if it throws.