["(wfsy.`YF(BST~~}T~~P969669(C/CES}T~~}T~~","Reserved file names"," cannot be used. We can detect these names in strings in a C# program. This ensures we don't generate an invalid file name. Some reserved file names are CON.txt, PRN.doc and nul.exe. ","Reserved filenames in Windows operating systems","\n\naux\ncon\nclock$\nnul\nprn\n\ncom1\ncom2\ncom3\ncom4\ncom5\ncom6\ncom7\ncom8\ncom9\n\nlpt1\nlpt2\nlpt3\nlpt4\nlpt5\nlpt6\nlpt7\nlpt8\nlpt9\n\n","Examples of reserved filenames","\n\naux.txt\nCon.bin\nNUL.png\ncom2.png\nlpt8.aspx","Example."," First, this problem can occur when a Windows server tries to serve a file such as PRN.aspx, which is dynamically generated. The file will not be available. I wrote this C# static class to detect such invalid file names. 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