FIX: Ampersand (&) Appears as Underscore (_) in the Explorer

MORE INFORMATION

The way the ampersand (&) character in Visual SourceSafe works is different in the SourceSafe Explorer from the way it works on the command line. In the SourceSafe Explorer, the ampersand (&) character translates into the underscore (_) character. In most Windows programming languages, the ampersand (&) character is used to define a shortcut key to an item. In Visual SourceSafe, the same appears to happen, but no shortcut is available. The MS-DOS command line interprets this character differently and returns the item as a literal ampersand (&) character in the string.

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. In the SourceSafe Explorer. create a project $/My&Project.
2. Notice the ampersand has changed to an underscore under the P in MyProject. This appears to be a standard Windows shortcut.
3. Press CTRL+P. Notice that nothing happens. The shortcut for MyProject is not active even though there appears to be a valid shortcut defined.
4. Open an MS-DOS command window.
5. Type the following on the command line:

   SS DIR $/

6. Notice that the MyProject project shows up as My&Project on the command line.

This might occur on files as well as projects. The file may be renamed from the Visual SourceSafe Explorer to eliminate this problem.