Invalid characters in the names of files, folders, volumes.

I always used without problem special characters in file names, folders, and volumes such as [ - and space and french accents é è ù etc.
Since Maverick, I meet different problems I am inclined to attribute to this practice.
Am I right, and if so what are the characters to avoid? Understand that change all these names would not inconsequential.

klmorin,
does your installed version of FineReader support Mavericks? If so, then you should contact ABBYY about the problem.
You’ve seen crashes that are undeniably due to certain characters in filenames and folders, as opposed to e.g. a corrupted installation of Mavericks?
Do you have applications in the Applications folder which have special characters in their names? If so, are those applications Apple products?

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