https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/spaces-in-map-name-arcgis-pro/m-p/1156475#M53135 <P>why are spaces allowed in the map name but not folder or feature layer names?</P> Tue, 22 Mar 2022 23:38:26 GMT GeorgiaLamb 2022-03-22T23:38:26Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/spaces-in-map-name-arcgis-pro/m-p/1156475#M53135 <P>why are spaces allowed in the map name but not folder or feature layer names?</P> Tue, 22 Mar 2022 23:38:26 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/spaces-in-map-name-arcgis-pro/m-p/1156475#M53135 GeorgiaLamb 2022-03-22T23:38:26Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/spaces-in-map-name-arcgis-pro/m-p/1156485#M53139 <P>some links in this thread.</P><P><A href="https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/arcgis-pro-project-naming-conventions/td-p/544982" target="_blank">Solved: ArcGIS Pro Project - Naming Conventions? - Esri Community</A></P><P>Windows stuff&nbsp;<A href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/naming-a-file" target="_blank">Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces - Win32 apps | Microsoft Docs</A></P><P><A href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filename" target="_blank">Filename - Wikipedia</A></P><P>There are many links for folder and filename information.&nbsp; "Map" names are governed by esri rules.</P> Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:11:13 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/spaces-in-map-name-arcgis-pro/m-p/1156485#M53139 DanPatterson 2022-03-23T00:11:13Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/spaces-in-map-name-arcgis-pro/m-p/1156978#M53178 <P>Agreed, asking for a world of hurt allowing spaces.</P> Wed, 23 Mar 2022 20:00:26 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/spaces-in-map-name-arcgis-pro/m-p/1156978#M53178 DavidPike 2022-03-23T20:00:26Z