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safetydan:
@tdtooke, are you saying that you can actually browse to a file with a question mark in it using the Files menu in Rockbox? Or is it visible as a question mark in Windows Explorer when you connect the player to your computer?

tdtooke:
If you browse it in rockbox that file shows up as "Hissing Fauna, Are you the Destroyer_.bmp".  However if you rename it just by deleting that underscore and typing another underscore it no longer shows as album art in the WPS so that underscore is clearly no ordinary underscore.  I have seen other examples on windows where things named in a manner fat does not support show underscores for things.  You also can't have a folder named ".something" on windows either, but I do it all the time.  I'm going to perform an experiment by putting cygwin back on my windows partition and get back with you guys.  I think I've figured out how I need to do this.

Llorean:
"Windows" and "FAT32" are two different things. FAT32 does not support ? in filenames. FAT32 is perfectly happy with folders starting with a period, Windows just stupidly doesn't let you create one.

Please, to avoid confusion in this conversation, learn where the restriction is being applies (filesystem, or stupid operating system) and be explicit in your statements.

tdtooke:
I know what "windows" is, I also know what "fat32" is.  To avoid further confusion I've decided this is not the best place to seek this answer.  I am confident in the assertion: If media monkey can do it, I can do it.  I just don't know how yet.

Llorean:
You'll find out that those special characters are not being transferred to the drive. While it may not be an _, it won't be an invalid character. Mediamonkey cannot magically force FAT32 to support characters it doesn't support.

And "windows" allows folder names starting with . just fine. It just doesn't let you *create* them in Explorer. The command prompt does. So, this is why I'm asking you to try to avoid confusion: You've made statements that suggest you don't know where the problem is occurring, but you seem to think you know. When asking for help, it's not wise to assume you know more than other people. It's not wise to assume they're right, but you need to at least be willing to listen when they tell you you're getting something wrong.

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