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Re: Setup Prop: Change percent to underscore


On Sun, 2003-01-05 at 10:09, M. Evans wrote:
> The percent (%) character in the setup.exe download file paths is a
> problem for many Windows file managers.  These include "Directory
> Toolkit" and "2xExplorer."
> 
> The proposal is to change setup.exe to use underscores or some
> similarly innocuous character instead of percent signs.

Nope. It's
a) perfectly valid win32 naming.
b) An application of the internet standard for url escaping.

Rob
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