Windows 10: Put "&" in the shorcut name?

Here's an interesting (I guess) thing - is there any way to put the "&" symbol into the file/app shortcut name?
Windows automatically converts it to the keyboard shortcut indicator and I'd like to avoid that.

At the moment whenever the shortcut says e.g. "Tag & Rename" I'm getting "Tag Rename" instead... *Sad

:)

 

Lumia " The Future is Here "

This is a support forum, not a complaints department.

I suggest you directly submit your complaints about hardware to Nokia and software to Microsoft.



Also it often helps to read reviews when switching platforms to make sure it suits your needs. From what you've said the Lumia 820 clearly doesn't suit you.

 

Lumia " The Future is Here "

psychomania: This is a support forum, not a complaints department.



psychomania: Also it often helps to read reviews when switching platforms to make sure it suits your needs. From what you've said the Lumia 820 clearly doesn't suit you.



What RSXforever wrote was a kind of review, that can help other people to judge, if Lumia is the right phone for them.

 

Add an extra space. Tagspacespace&spacespaceRename

 

I'm afraid it looks like this *Smile :

 

Unfortunately there's just some characters that Windows simply doesn't allow in file names and it goes back a long way into the days of DOS/Disk Operating System. There's usually an error message when trying to use one of those characters and frequently shows the unallowed ones. Linux and macOS [formerly MAC OS X] operating systems have different rules, I was able to add the & to a shortcut [alias] name on my macOS Sierra desktop.

 

How (and where) are you creating these shortcuts? I'm at a loss trying to reproduce your problem.



Your example appears to be pinned on the taskbar. How did you put it there? What is it a link to? A folder, and executable or 'something else'?

 

Yes, you're right - well, almost... I'm using True Launch Bar which is effectively another taskbar toolbar/folder and the problem occurs there as I don't really keep any shortcuts on my desktop.

 

I have a shortcut on my Win10 desktop that says Roxio Easy CD & DVD Burning but it was created and placed there by the installation routine for the program.

 

I have no issues in using & in file and shortcut names anywhere on my system.

 

Ah! then it must be True Launch Bar that's interpreting & as the place marker for the keyboard shortcut character, not Windows 10 itself. That explains why I can't reproduce the effect.

There's a similar problem in using % inside a batch file. It's a control character and cannot be used as a character in its own right. The way it works there is that one % is seen as a control, but if you type %% it says the control you want is to use % as a character.

Try putting && in the link where you want a single & to appear.

 

Wow, this one has done the job as expected!!! Many thanks for your help!

 

Your welcome. I thought that would work, using a double character to say 'no, I don't want your special function' is fairly standard across a wide range of software.

PS: Now, if you typed Tag && &Rename not only would you see 'Tag & Rename' but you'd also have Alt+R as the keyboard shortcut to open it.