Site Names, Folder Names, & File Names
Site names, subsite names, or group names
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You cannot use the following characters in site names, subsite names, or group names
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Tilde (~)
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Number sign (#)
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Percent (%)
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Ampersand (&)
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Asterisk (*)
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Braces ({ })
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Backslash (\)
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Colon (:)
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Angle brackets (< >)
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Question mark (?)
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Slash (/)
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Pipe (|)
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Quotation mark (")
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Comma (,)
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You cannot start a site name, a subsite name, or a site group name with an underscore (_) character or with the period (.) character.
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When you create a site name, a subsite name, or a site group name, you cannot use strings that were already used to name managed paths.\
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You cannot use the period character consecutively in the middle of a site name, a subsite name, or a site group name.
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You cannot use the period character at the end of a site name, a subsite name, or a site group name.
Folder names
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You cannot use the following characters anywhere in a folder name or a server name:
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Tilde (~)
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Number sign (#)
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Percent (%)
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Ampersand (&)
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Asterisk (*)
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Braces ({ })
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Backslash (\)
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Colon (:)
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Angle brackets (< >)
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Question mark (?)
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Slash (/)
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Plus sign (+)
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Pipe (|)
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Quotation mark (")
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Comma (,)
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A folder that contains the string "_vti_" is reserved by SharePoint, and isn’t supported.
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You cannot use the period character consecutively in the middle of a folder name.
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You connot use the period character at the end of a folder name.
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You cannot start a folder name with a period character.
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If you use an underscore character (_) at the beginning of a folder name, the folder will be a hidden folder.
File names
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You cannot use the following characters anywhere in a file name:
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Tilde (~)
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Number sign (#)
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Percent (%)
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Ampersand (&)
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Asterisk (*)
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Braces ({ })
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Backslash (\)
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Colon (:)
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Angle brackets (< >)
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Question mark (?)
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Slash (/)
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Pipe (|)
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Quotation mark (")
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Comma (,)
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You cannot use the period character consecutively in the middle of a folder name.
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You connot use the period character at the end of a folder name.
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You cannot start a folder name with a period character.
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If you use an underscore character (_) at the beginning of a folder name, the folder will be a hidden folder
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File names and folder names may not end with any of the following strings:
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.files
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_files
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-Dateien
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_fichiers
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_bestanden
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_file
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_archivos
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-filer
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_tiedostot
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_pliki
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_soubory
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_elemei
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_ficheiros
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_arquivos
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_dosyalar
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_datoteke
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_fitxers
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_failid
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_fails
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_bylos
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_fajlovi
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_fitxategiak