Complete List of forbidden file and folder names for windows

Question

On Windows file names like com1.txt or lpt1.txt are forbidden. Is there a list of all forbidden file and folder names on windows (or forbidden chars in the file and folder n

Answer 1

You didn't mention what platform you are using, but in .Net, you can use:

System.IO.Path.GetInvalidFileNameChars

and

System.IO.Path.GetInvalidPathChars

To return invalid file name and path characters.