I had a problem today trying to do a search via file explorer against a
folder that had a comma in name. I got message saying 'The specific path does
not exist'. After rebuilding indexes, renaming and recreating named folder I
determined that the only problem was that the folder name had commas in it.
If I renamed and took commas away I ws able to search folder again. Is this a
known problem and is there a fix available? Grateful for input.

Hi, Nick.

Did you remember to enclose the filename in quotation marks? "filename", or
"file,name"?

You probably will need to enclose the entire pathname in quotes, like:
"C:\Users\Nick\Documents\this is the file,name"

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)

"NickT" wrote in message
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I had a problem today trying to do a search via file explorer against a
folder that had a comma in name. I got message saying 'The specific path
does
not exist'. After rebuilding indexes, renaming and recreating named folder
I
determined that the only problem was that the folder name had commas in
it.
If I renamed and took commas away I ws able to search folder again. Is
this a
known problem and is there a fix available? Grateful for input.

There is no opportunity to do this when I do search from file explorer by
cliking right mouse button over the folder name and selecting search. I now
know a way around this but I'm still flagging what appears to be a problem
that MS should fix. Wanted to know if others were aware of problem and if
they know if MS know about it.

Thanks

"R. C. White" wrote:

Hi, Nick.

Did you remember to enclose the filename in quotation marks? "filename", or
"file,name"?

You probably will need to enclose the entire pathname in quotes, like:
"C:\Users\Nick\Documents\this is the file,name"

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)

"NickT" wrote in message
...
I had a problem today trying to do a search via file explorer against a
folder that had a comma in name. I got message saying 'The specific path
does
not exist'. After rebuilding indexes, renaming and recreating named folder
I
determined that the only problem was that the folder name had commas in
it.
If I renamed and took commas away I ws able to search folder again. Is
this a
known problem and is there a fix available? Grateful for input.

Hi, this is not a reply. I got a problem realted to renaming folder. ANy time
I crete a new folder, its name just "New Folder (4) or any number indicating
the order of the new folder named New Folder I had created. When I try ti
rename the folder, it fails and a sign appears telling me that "the file or
folder does not exist".
Is any help for my problem?
Thanks
Sabri

"NickT" wrote:

I had a problem today trying to do a search via file explorer against a
folder that had a comma in name. I got message saying 'The specific path does
not exist'. After rebuilding indexes, renaming and recreating named folder I
determined that the only problem was that the folder name had commas in it.
If I renamed and took commas away I ws able to search folder again. Is this a
known problem and is there a fix available? Grateful for input.