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Agreed, MS apps hate /
Authored by: FACEMILK on Apr 03, '02 07:47:10PM

I once named my hard disk the single character "/" (This was in OS9 btw). This effectively added a "/" to the path of every file on the disk. Not a single app had a problem except Windows Media Player (the only MS app I was using other than IE). I can't remember if it didn't launch or couldn't play any files, but either way it was totally crippled. Changing the HD name to something else immediately fixed WMP.

Also reminds me (in the OS7 days), if you even changed the HD name (regardless of /s), MS word would be crippled and need reinstalling.



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