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Windows will allow the user to create a pathname or folder name using square
brackets [], but Excel does not allow square brackets [] in a path or
filename. Therefore, a user may incorporate square brackets into their
naming conventions for folders, but Excel will not allow you to save files to
any folder that includes square brackets in the path name, even if the
filename is free of such characters. This is most likely due to the Excel
syntax for linking to other files by enclosing the reference to the outside
filename in square brackets. This creates a real problem when a user has
unsuspectingly incorporated square brackets [] into their naming conventions
for their overall Windows folder hierarchy; and there are some very good
reasons for doing so!
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brackets [], but Excel does not allow square brackets [] in a path or
filename. Therefore, a user may incorporate square brackets into their
naming conventions for folders, but Excel will not allow you to save files to
any folder that includes square brackets in the path name, even if the
filename is free of such characters. This is most likely due to the Excel
syntax for linking to other files by enclosing the reference to the outside
filename in square brackets. This creates a real problem when a user has
unsuspectingly incorporated square brackets [] into their naming conventions
for their overall Windows folder hierarchy; and there are some very good
reasons for doing so!
----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...b09d79b&dg=microsoft.public.excel.crashesgpfs