Windows Vista/Filesystem

This page will teach you the rules and limitations of naming files and folders on Windows Vista.

Rules

1. To create a new folder, right-click and hover over the word "New", and a menu will pop up. Select "New Folder" and a folder appears. To create some other type of file, select the file type you want on the "New" menu instead (text document, rich text format, bitmap image, etc.) The file will be created on the desktop, or if you have Windows Explorer open, the working directory.
2. As soon as the folder or file is created, you are given the option to give it a name. If you opt not to use a name, the default name (i.e., "New Folder") is used instead.
3. The name of a folder or file cannot contain any colons, slashes, asterisks, question marks, quotation marks, or the symbols <, >, or |. These symbols are reserved for internal identification of Windows files and folders. For example, your desktop is actually a folder, and it is internally recognized as "C:\Users\X\Desktop", where "X" is replaced with the username you use on your PC, so any file names with colons or slashes would lead to internal confusion.