Obsidian duplicates notes with emojis in the note name

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Hi there,

Windows 10

If I create a new note and it has an emoji in the name of the note (file), Obsidian automatically creates a duplicate note where the emoji is replaced with ��.

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And it just pisses me off…

P. S. Works every single time. No community plugins installed.

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Is your vault stored in a cloud syncing tool? For example, I know Dropbox doesn’t support a certain subset of emojis in filenames.

It depends on your setup, and I might be wrong, but I don’t think this is Obsidian duplicating the files.

Can you run the Obsidian command “Show Debug Info” and paste that info here?

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SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.7.7
Installer version: v1.4.16
Operating system: Windows 10 Education 10.0.18363
Login status: not logged in
Language: en
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Base theme: adapt to system
Community theme: Atom v0.0.0
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: off
Plugins installed: 5
Plugins enabled: 0

RECOMMENDATIONS:
Custom theme and snippets: for cosmetic issues, please first try updating your theme and disabling your snippets. If still not fixed, please try to make the issue happen in the Sandbox Vault or disable community theme and snippets.

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Yes, I do store the folder in a cloud syncing tool.

I’ll move it to a regular folder and test it out.

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You also have an extremely old installer version. Certain parts of Obsidian can’t auto-update. You should download and reinstall from the website. (It might not be related to this particular problem, but you’re even missing out on some security patches.)

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Yep, it’s a sync app issue (Yandex Disk). Moved the vault to a regular folder (which is not synced), and the issue is gone.

Resolved!

Thank you!

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