Why can't you use special characters in a filename, like "?" or
When I try to save a file, if I use special characters in the name (such as a colon, question mark, or exclamation point) in Windows I get a message saying that the file name is invalid. Why is that?

How can I type special characters in Linux? - Super User
In Windows, there is the possibility to type special signs from the keyboard by holding the Alt key and typing a few numbers, that depends on which sign you want to use. Does it work with Linux in ...

Notepad++ inserting special Unicode characters in UTF-8
What's the best ways to enter special Unicode characters into a Notepad++ document? Do I have to rely on the operating system (Windows)? Looking for a see-and-click solution. I can bring up the AS...

How do I enable Windows special permissions in the security tab?
I need to enable the special permissions on the basic tab of security properties, I tried using anything, icacls cmd, etc. Is there a way to check that box?

Shortcut in Word or Excel for Special Paste? - Super User
On Word 2007 to 2013 on Windows, you can use Ctrl + Alt + V. On Word 2011 for Mac, you can use Control + Command + V. Both of these will bring up the "Paste Special" dialog. There's no shortcut directly for "Unformatted Text", but since you can use arrows to go to "Unformatted Text" and Enter to confirm, this is probably the fastest way without a macro.

Windows Explorer sorting order for special characters?
What is the sorting order used in Windows Explorer? I was specifically wondering what special characters sort after the alphabets? As far as I can tell (test), all special characters seem to be ...

Excel destroying special character when saved as CSV
The problem is, whenever the client saves the excel spreadsheet as an MS-DOS .csv file, many of the special characters get converted to question marks "?" (symbols such as ' " / ). However, if we then open the CSV file and manually replace each ? with the right character it works fine.

How do I write special characters without AltGr key?
I ran into a problem trying to write some special characters like {}, @ etc using AltGr key. It is not system-wide issue, I encountered it just in Android Studio IDE and I already solved it in Andr...

Which Special Character Set is accepted in WPA2-PSK passwords?
Apparently the WPA2-PSK password can have a length ranging from 8 to 63 characters. Letters, numbers, and special characters can be used. I would like to know what special characters can be used in...

Is there a list of Windows special directories/shortcuts (like %TEMP ...
There's nothing special about the string "Godmode"; it can be any name you like, so long as it is followed by a period and then the value in curly braces.