Windows 7 Special ASCII characters in folder/file names..?

[miseryguts]

Is there a workaround for the inability to use:

"

*

/

:

<

>

?

\

|

in file/folder names..?

Thanks.

 

[patcooke]

No - because they each have their own significance within the folder/filename syntax so would lead to ambiguous interpretation by the operating/file handling system.