Double-click won't open Word document

Weird thing: I received an MS Word document (.doc) as an attachment, and it will not load by clicking or double-clicking on it's icon. I can open it, if I go to Word and issue the "Open..." command. The file's name was a bit odd, so I removed the "#" character in renaming it. Now it opens fine when double-clicked. What gives?

I found several references implying that # is not illegal in Windows. I am not sure why you encountered what you did, but I have encountered others having problems with Windows file names containing no apparent illegal characters. I think I'd just forget about it.

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