MAC Filename appears with an X after it

Thorin

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I'm not a Mac guru so please bare with me!

An office has about 15 Macs connected to a network using TCP/IP. All files are shared on a Windows 2003 R2 server (SMB share). When users move files from one folder to another, SOME files are "renamed" with a X behind them and if you double click on it, it will not open. If you rename the file by removing the X, it will open fine. This only occurs on some files and not all files.

Anyone come across this before or have any idea's what the problem could be?

The only thing I've found on the net which could MAYBE relate to this is the following: http://faculty.biu.ac.il/~danong1/comp/cleanbidi.html

Any help appreciated!
 
I havent got a clue - sorry :o
 
ditto...

Only "problem" I had was with win smb having problems with long filenames being copied to the shares, but that is documented.

Have you tried searching the win knowledgebases and developer/admin resources?
 
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