Rename Invalid File Names for Sharepoint or OneDrive Sync

Date August 24, 2017 Author By kadmin Category Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8

Problem:

You are trying to sync or upload your files to Sharepoint or OneDrive and you get hundreds of errors about illegal file names.

Solution:

Open PowerShell and run this command to change all the invalid characters to a –

Edit the path to match the location of your files

Get-ChildItem C:\full-path-here -Force -Recurse | ? {$_.Name -match “&|\#|~|%|\{|}|\+”} | foreach { $name = $_.Name -replace ‘&|\#|~|%|\{|}|\+’,’-‘; echo $Name}

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Tags: illegal characters, invalid characters, onedrive, sharepoint, sync, upload