TC allow create files with colon

The behaviour described in the bug report is either by design, or would be far too complex/time-consuming to be changed

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SailorMax
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TC allow create files with colon

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Steps:
0. choose NTFS disk;
1. Press Shift-F4;
2. Enter "12:21.txt";
3. Push "Ok".

Exp: error message

Act: TC create file with name "12" and ask to editor open "12:21.txt"

P.S. TC 8.50b14
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This is not a bug, neither in TC nor in Windows. A colon is used to separate Alternate Data Streams (ADS) from the file name on an NTFS file system.

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