Microsoft KB Archive/817928

= Web Folder Mappings Contain the Characters &quot;%20&quot; When You Copy and Paste a URL =

Article ID: 817928

Article Last Modified on 5/17/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services
 * Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

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SYMPTOMS
When a you try to add a Web folder mapping to a Windows SharePoint Services document library by copying and pasting the Web folder's URL, you find that the URL now contains the following characters: %20. You have to remove the &quot;%20&quot; characters before the address is accepted for the Web folder.



CAUSE
When you paste a Web address, any blank spaces in the URL are replaced with the blank space code, %20. The blank spaces in the URL are automatically translated into the &quot;%20&quot; characters.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, you must type the Web folder address manually.

For example, when you copy the URL from the browser, it looks similar to http://server/Shared%20Documents. Either your attempt to create a Web folder with this URL is unsuccessful, or the network place or Web folder is created at http://server. To create the Web folder correctly, type the URL without the %20: http://server/shared documents.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

Additional query words: STS2003 MSTS2003 STS11 MSTS11 mappings WSSv3 WSSv2

Keywords: kbpending kbbug KB817928

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