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Old 06-01-2010, 02:24 PM   #1
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How-To use Connect To Server with Spaces in the Windows share name

I want to use Connect To Server to connect to My Documents on a Windows XP machine, how do i enter a share name with a space in the name?

I tried My%20Documents and My"\040"Documents but neither work.

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Old 06-01-2010, 02:31 PM   #2
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What about "My Documents" or simply My Documents ?
or My\040Documents


Can you browse the network and connect that way ?
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Old 06-01-2010, 04:01 PM   #3
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the error message shows %5C040
the error message shows %5C040 between my documents when i use \040?

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Old 06-01-2010, 05:21 PM   #4
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My\ Documents should work. The \ escapes the <space> after it.
 
Old 06-02-2010, 11:15 AM   #5
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escape sequnce for a space
that did the trick, i haven't messed with esc sequences for a while... thanks for your help.

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Old 06-02-2010, 12:07 PM   #6
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