Email link to local windows resource with space

Question

How do I encode a link in a plaintext email to a local network resource with a space in it.

For instance this will only highlight up to the word "file" but not "file name"

\\SERVER\share\file name

Yet if I do this

\\SERVER\share\file+name
or
\\SERVER\share\file%20name

Then Windows Explorer does not recognize the path correctly.

I realize the different mail clients will handle things differently, but is there a standard way to encode a local network resource?

Thanks

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 07 '09 at 09:37

1

Surround the resource with angle brackets <\server\share> Works for me in 2007 Marcus

answered Jul 07 '09 at 09:37

76mel

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 06 '09 at 20:56

0

I'm sure you could do it as an actual URL, like file://\SERVER\share/file+name.

answered Jul 06 '09 at 20:56

John Saunders

I tried file://\\SERVER\share which works fine, but the "file+name" part still doesn't work. Windows says "Window cannot find ..., Check the spelling " etc... – Robert Jul 06 '09 at 21:04
%20 also has the same results as + – Robert Jul 07 '09 at 23:47

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