# in hyperlink does not function

[goldfinger00752]

I just switched out an NT machine with office 2000 for a PC with windows 2000 and office XP. The user would regularly email shortcuts to files that had a # in the file name, but now with XP, hyperlink seems to be the only option and the link doesn't seem to work when there is a # in the filename. Any suggestions?

 

[jkonline2]

In an internet address the # symbol refers to a bookmark or anchor in a page and by clicking the link you will be taken to the page then jump down to where the bookmark is.

e.g.

http://www.mydomain.co.uk/index.html#exaple

will go to the page index.html then find the bookamrk/anchor example and jump to it.

Windows XP or any other OS that sees the file names as internet addresses will think they are bookmarker in a html document.

I am not shure how to solve the problem but hope this helps. I thinkyou can turn off the hyper link option int he folder options but i am not sure.