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Asked: 2026-05-13T09:04:25+00:00

I’m pretty sure this can’t be done, but I’m looking for a hack or

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I’m pretty sure this can’t be done, but I’m looking for a hack or way to put a + in a folder name, like

http://www.mysite.com/cats+dogs/Default.aspx

I’m using IIS 7, and have tried creating a virtual directory to achieve this, and it didn’t work. I am not allowed to put %2B in the explorer folder or virtual folder name.

Any ideas how I could hack this to make it work? We’ve already had brochures printed up with a url on it, and wondering if there is some way I can alias it or some trick that might do it.

EDIT: I was able to figure this out, by creating a virtual folder with a + in it, then redirecting to a URL, which points to a virtual directory with the content.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You may have some luck with doing a url-rewrite. This can be done very easily in the web.config or with an httpmodule.

    Looks like you will still need to use a space or the IIS fix mentioned below for your + character issue, but for some flexibility in the future you can always include URL rewrites for mapping urls to files.

      <httpModules>
      <add name="UrlRoutingModule" type="System.Web.Routing.UrlRoutingModule, System.Web.Routing, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
  </httpModules>

  <rewriter>
    <rewrite url="~/cats dogs/Default.aspx" to="~/MyRealFile.aspx" />
  </rewriter>
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