Microsoft KB Archive/26295

= Valid Characters for a Volume Label =

Article ID: 26295

Article Last Modified on 11/16/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.1
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.21 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3a
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 4.01 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0a
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q26295



SUMMARY
The following characters are not allowed to be in a volume label when you use the MS-DOS LABEL command (LABEL.COM):   * ?  [   ]   :   <   >   |   +   =   :  ,   /    \    /    &quot; In addition, control codes, such as CTRL+A, CTRL+D, and so forth, are not allowed. All other ASCII characters, including the extended ASCII, are valid.

LABEL.COM maps lowercase characters to uppercase.

Additional query words: 6.22 3.20 3.21 3.30 3.30A 4.00 5.00 5.00a 6.00 6.20

Keywords: KB26295

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