105114 - Can not DnD bookmark to desktop when name has special chars

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 78509

(Core :: DOM: Copy & Paste and Drag & Drop, defect)

Description

[Daniel Mario Vega (Restore MNG Support --> #18574)]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; WinNT4.0; en-US; rv:0.9.5+) Gecko/20011016
BuildID:    2001101603

When we DragAndDrop bookmarks on desktop, Mozilla generates a .url file. If the
bookmark name has any "special" char ( "*/:<>?\| ) the bookmark is not created.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to the above URL
2. Drag the bookmark icon from the URL bar
3. Drop it on the desktop


Actual Results:  Nothing happens

Expected Results:  A bookmark (.url) should be created on desktop

I think we should remove these special chars, or replace them with spaces or
underscores.

Comment 1

[Daniel Mario Vega (Restore MNG Support --> #18574)]

Related information:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q177/5/06.asp

Comment 2

[Alfonso Martinez]

Dup of 78509 "Can't make an Internet shortcut with :, /, \ in title (by dragging
link to desktop)"

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 78509 ***

Comment 3

[Terri Preston]

Verified Duplicate