Creating a shared folder with special characters

Question

I am writing a test that creates folders and shares on my machine in order to test a service. Now i am able to create all special characters named folders but when trying to run the command "net share {name}={path}" i get an error that the file is not found. Same with Powershell script.

When i manually click on the folder and share it, it works. Here is some of the names i am having trouble with, i hope someone is able to help me with this. Thanks.

====☠==== þpq®§štúûµvwxýÿzž... —¤÷(`[¤¤]´)÷¤—

`net share {name}="{path}"` ? notice the `""` around `{path}` — Cid, Mar 26 '19 at 16:01
the actual command is $@"net share ""{name}""=""{path}""". it has to be this way in order to account for spaces in the name — Elie K, Mar 26 '19 at 16:03
Try using `$@"net share {name}=""{path}"""` there is `""` in excess in before name — Cid, Mar 26 '19 at 16:04
Nope, the issue is not with the command. if you create a folder say with the name —¤÷(`[¤¤]´)÷¤— you'll get the error — Elie K, Mar 26 '19 at 16:07
See `chcp /?`. 65001 is UTF8. You will also have to choose a font in Console Properties that has those characters. — Noodles, Mar 26 '19 at 22:10

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 27 '19 at 13:09

I ended up ignoring those characters. After further investigation, i found out that regardless or not windows being able to create folders with these names, creating a share have more restrictions besides "/ \ : * ? " < > | " . Also if a character is non UTF-8, and it sort of "disappears" after naming a folder, it will also not be able to share it.

Hope this helps.

Creating a shared folder with special characters

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