Rules for naming folders and files

Special characters are allowed in certain instances. Refer to the following table for the special character restrictions.

Table 1. Special character restrictions
Special character	Description	Allowed in Folder Name?	Allowed in File Name?
&	Ampersand	Yes	No
*	Asterisk	Yes	No
\	Backward slash	No	No
:	Colon	Yes	No
"	Double quotation mark	Yes	No
!	Exclamation point	Yes	No
/	Forward slash	No	No
>	Greater than	Yes	No
<	Less than	Yes	No
%	Percent	Yes	No
\|	Pipe	Yes	No
#	Pound	Yes	No
?	Question mark	Yes	No
	Single space	Yes	Yes
	Double space	Yes but avoid	No

For a folder name, consider the following: