GetDirectories fails to enumerate subfolders of a folder with #255 name

Question

My application is C# 3.5 runs on Windows 7 Ultimate, 64 bit. It goes through all folder subfolders to perform its job. However, it fails (falls into the infinite loop until Stac

Answer 1

Why on earth do you have a folder called "_" anyway? It is not descriptive at all.. the idea of a folder is that you can contain all related files in that folder and possibly use subfolders to group them even more; folder names should generally be descriptive - for example many sites have a folder called "css" or "stylesheets".. Doubt I need to explain what they're for tho as they're pretty self-explanatory.. I, personally, cannot think of a single situation where I would be using 1 symbol for a folder name. It is best, in my opinion, to stick to alphanumeric characters and seldom use symbols (it is safer as you never hit these situations on any operating system).