Rules for Paths

Acceptable Characters

Paths can consist of:

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letters: A-Z a-z

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numbers: 0-9

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spaces (blanks)

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special: ~ @ # ( ) - _ + . , = / \ : $ %

Caution: You should assume that characters not listed above are potentially problematic. Use them at your own risk.

Unacceptable Characters

The following characters have been verified as unacceptable:

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special: ‘ ! ^ & * [ ] { } | ; ’ “ < > ?

Path Length

Navigation paths to specified files or folders can contain no more than 245 total characters. For example, the path to the Public folder on the C: drive of a typical computer, C:\Public\, contains 10 characters.