[2005] remove invalid characters from file name, regex ?

[texas]

I need to remove these characters from the name of files in a folder. is regex the direction i need to go in?

\ / : * ? " < > | # { } % ~ &

[.paul.]

it can be done with regex. i don't know how though.
heres how to do it with string manipulation

Dim filename As String = "invalidFilename\/:*?" & Chr(34) & "<>|#{}%~&.txt"
Dim invalidChars() As String = {"\", "/", ":", "*", "?", Chr(34), "<", ">", "|", "#", "{", "}", "%", "~", "&"}
For x As Integer = 0 To invalidChars.GetUpperBound(0)
     filename = filename.replace(invalidChars(x), "")
Next
filename = filename.Replace("in", "")
MsgBox(filename)

[nbrege]

You shouldn't even have to check for the first 9 characters you listed (\ / : * ? " < > |) as Windows won't allow filenames with those characters. The remaining characters are actually valid by Windows standards.

[texas]

moving files to sharepoint...