diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.cpp
index 17714bc29..49949f862 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.cpp
@@ -1062,6 +1062,7 @@ static void processList(const QStringList &list, const QString &textSingular, co
 
 					QString cleanname = link.name() ;
 					static const QString bad_chars_str = "/\\\"*:?<>|" ;
+					flag &= ~RSLINK_PROCESS_NOTIFY_BAD_CHARS ;
 
 					for(uint32_t i=0;i<cleanname.length();++i)
 						for(uint32_t j=0;j<bad_chars_str.length();++j)
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.h
index dbab8ba86..2cb2a0c81 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 #define RSLINK_PROCESS_NOTIFY_ASK		  4 // ask for add the links
 #define RSLINK_PROCESS_NOTIFY_BAD_CHARS  8 // / or \\ characters in a filename
 
-#define RSLINK_PROCESS_NOTIFY_ALL      -1
+#define RSLINK_PROCESS_NOTIFY_ALL      15
 
 #define RSLINK_SCHEME 	"retroshare"