File and folder names with "#" in hyperlink

[kentatkoylia]

I have years of research wherein I have used the '#' in file and folder names. (All my other research applications will treat this without an issue!)  Anyway, I can't get a Visio hyperlink to open a file with this in the name.
Any suggestions & I certainly hope there is!!!
THANKS!
Kent

[Paul Herber]

I think the problem might that within a hyperlink a # has special meaning. Can't check at the moment.

[kentatkoylia]

Thanks Paul & appreciate it!  Microsoft's 'OneNote' will open a file named like this & as I've said, all my other applications will. When you get a chance.

[kentatkoylia]

Paul or ANYONE,  if this is in fact a Visio issue per 'hyperlinks & #'  THEN can someone think of a somewhat simple remedy? = HOW DO  you get Visio to open a file with a '#' in the name?

[Paul Herber]

I've just tried it, # works as a tag within the required destination, so
C:\Users\Paul\Downloads\#hhhh\a.txt
will open folder C:\Users\Paul\Downloads\
and try show hhhh as a destination. That's how hyperlinks work. It's not just a file, it is a hyperlink. Visio can open files containing a #, but a # in a hyperlink has special meaning.

[aledlund]

a quick google search

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/202261

al edlund

[Paul Herber]

A shame they don't include Visio or Office 2013 in the list of affected software!

[kentatkoylia]

REMEDY, I think! and thanks guys for the help & suggestions.

I can open a file with a '#' BUT I have to be careful how I do this. For instance,

if:

-- I hover over the center of the icon and a 'hyperlink-symbol' is showing
    THEN it opens a folder to the level where it first encounters the "#'

--I hover on the edges of the file icon and a 'cross-arrow' appears
   THEN it opens the actual file

And this is what I want and is grand!!!!!!! (Like I've said, I've got 15 years worth of files with the "#" in the file name.)

Thanks again,

Kent

[kentatkoylia]

FOLLOW-UP on my previous comment per the remedy

What logic does it make for this to work with the cross-arrows that USUALLY means 'move shape'?

I actually ran upon this by accident = I got it to open a file but didn't realize what I had actually done. So I kept clicking on or AROUND the shape until finally I saw that if the 'cross-arrows' were active THEN it would open the file.

HA!

Kent