How do I enable Windows special permissions in the security tab?
Therefore it doesn't make sense to try to "enable Special permissions" as it doesn't do anything specific – it's the specific advanced permission bits that actually grant the access. (Or, perhaps more accurately, "Special permissions" indicates that something is missing from the standard groups. This is why it's impossible to have both "Full ...

windows 10 - How to type alt codes with no numpad? - Super User
I have a laptop (Windows 10) with no numpad, so cannot use alt codes to type special characters. I purchased a bluetooth numpad, but it does not seem to work either. How do I make this work?

windows - What is Special Permissions? - Super User
I was checking the security rights for the folder C:\Windows\System32\Tasks and find that Authenticated Users group has Special Permissions (notice that it has no Write permissions): I went into Advanced tab and the basic view is (notice that it has no Read permissions):

windows - How to create folder name or file name with special ...
My problem is that, I can not give name of my folder or file with special characters like \ / : * ? " < > | in windows based O.S. This is very important for me, that giving name of file/folder which contain this type of characters. I already search and refer so many site,for this problems but all are hopeless.

Is there a list of Windows special directories/shortcuts (like %TEMP ...
I would just correct that what the OP is asking about are not any special directories or shortcuts but regular environment variables. They may contain any numeric or alphanumeric value, some of them just contain filesystem paths. –

How to enter accented characters like "ü" and "ö" in Windows?
As of Windows 11, the native notepad.exe program now supports shortcuts for accented characters.. As I'd personally rather not switch my keyboard for the sake of some characters I don't often use, I find the quickest and most convenient method (excluding AHK or Alt-code entry) is to simply callnotepad.exe via run (Win+R, type notepad, Enter) and type the desired accent letter (refer to ...

How can I get the real path of Desktop in Windows Explorer?
Special folders can be moved around easily, that's why there are registry entries for them, otherwise we'd just need to hard code them everywhere. Even Windows could be installed into a different folder/drive than C:\Windows and Program Files can be changed.

Excel destroying special character when saved as CSV
Even i faced the issue with special characters while downloading the japanese terms in .csv format.However when i saved the .csv file in Text format(Tab delimited) the japanese characters where populating perfectly. Then i just copied data from text file and pasted in a spreadsheet. Worked well!!! Thanks, Vaishakh

What characters are safe in cross-platform file names for Linux ...
Many command line programs use the hyphen [-] to indicate special arguments. *nix based systems use a full-stop [.] as a leading character for hidden files and directories. Anything not in the ASCII set can cause problems on older or more basic systems (e.g. some embedded systems), and should be used with care.

Windows Explorer sorting order for special characters?
The answers provided in this discussion, while interesting, are somewhat esoteric. The simple answer is that none of the symbols are sorted after the letters (not taking into account the special way ' and -is handled, see below). The other answers state that symbol characters are sorted by Unicode value.