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    Easy hyperlink trick for Windows (Even if it has a space in the UNC path)

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    Home users may not ever use this, but in an office environment, I’m sure everyone has received an email at one time, pointing them to a network share, or something similar.  It’s OK, except if you have a space in the share name, as it tends to break the hyperlink.

    Here’s a trick to get around this:

    \\server\share name with space

    See the hyperlink only grabs up to the first space?

    OK, here’s the trick:  Put a Greater-Than and Less-Than sign on either end of the UNC path:  <   >

    <\\server\share name with space>

    and once you press enter, it will look like this:

    \\server\share name with space

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