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Naming considerations

These rules apply to file and folder names in HCP Anywhere:

File and folder names cannot be blank.

These characters are not allowed:

oAsterisk (*)

oColon (:)

oLess-than symbol (<)

oGreater-than symbol (>)

oQuestion mark (?)

oForward slash (/)

oBackslash (\)

oVertical bar (|)

oDouble quotation mark (")

In the User Portal, you cannot create a folder or upload a file that has a name that contains one of these characters.

If you store such a file or folder in the synced folder on your computer, the desktop application does not synchronize that file or folder. For information on viewing a list of files that the desktop application could not synchronize, see Viewing synchronization status.

Individual file names and individual folder names cannot exceed 255 characters.

File paths cannot exceed 1,023 characters. For more information on how this limit affects file synchronization for the desktop application, see Path length restrictions and the desktop client.

These file and folder names are not allowed:

o. (a single period)

o.. (two periods)

oCON

oPRN

oAUX

oNUL

oCOM1

oCOM2

oCOM3

oCOM4

oCOM5

oCOM6

oCOM7

oCOM8

oCOM9

oLPT1

oLPT2

oLPT3

oLPT4

oLPT5

oLPT6

oLPT7

oLPT8

oLPT9

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