Index: Lib/nturl2path.py =================================================================== --- Lib/nturl2path.py (revision 77678) +++ Lib/nturl2path.py (working copy) @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import string, urllib # Windows itself uses ":" even in URLs. url = url.replace(':', '|') + url = url.replace('%7C', '|') if not '|' in url: # No drive specifier, just convert slashes if url[:4] == '////':