Robert Collins wrote: > On Sun, 2003-01-05 at 10:09, M. Evans wrote: >> The percent (%) character in the setup.exe download file paths is a >> problem for many Windows file managers. These include "Directory >> Toolkit" and "2xExplorer." >> >> The proposal is to change setup.exe to use underscores or some >> similarly innocuous character instead of percent signs. > > Nope. It's > a) perfectly valid win32 naming. > b) An application of the internet standard for url escaping.
Yep. Why not contact the authors of the programs you mention and get them to fix their bugs. Max.