Strange behaviour - not programming related:

[The Thing]

Hi folks, I just made an observation I thought I'd share with you for future reference:

[1] Created folder on desktop and called it C#_Videos.

[2] Downloaded tutorial videos from here
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/ex...harp/learning/

[3] Copied a number of C# e-books in *.chm format to same folder from elsewhere on my PC.

[4] Tried to view table of contents / read e-books, but couldn't - getting a "The page cannot be displayed" error in the right hand pane of the e-book.

[5] Rebooted machine - problem persists.

[6] After some head scratching and double checking discovered that the cause of the problem was in my use of # in the folder name - for some reason this causes a problem with the e-books. Renamed the folder to CSharp_Videos - everything OK.

Has anyone experienced anything similar?

[Harsh Gupta]

yes, it will also happen if you write # in the filename of the .chm file.

BTW, such questions should go under General - General PC section.

[The Thing]

Sorry about not posting it in the right place.

[Harsh Gupta]

Sorry about not posting it in the right place.

Dont feel bad about it. This is a common thing at VBF. . Though you should avoid it.

Just take a quick search at all the sections of the VBF (or any Forum other than VBF) and you would know easily where does your question fit in.

In such case, send a PM to the Moderators of the forum to move the thread to its appropriate section.

[sunburnt]

Moved from C#.