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Asked: 2021-10-26T12:47:29+00:00 In:

Solved How To Fix a Windows File Name With a Colon : In It.

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I just transferred some video files from a Linux PC to a Windows PC, but the file names contain a colon in them. Windows now sees the files as corrupt since they have a colon in them. When I try to change the file name Windows gives me an error. Is there some type of trick in fixing this problem with Windows?

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      The colon is an illegal character for a filename in Windows.

      The files must be renamed within Linux to remove the colon before transferring them to Windows.

      There’s no other way that I know

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