[Pharo-project] obtaining a FileUrl through String>>asUrl

Hi, I am trying to get to a FileUrl via the polymorphic asUrl call, but it seems I am doing something wrong. I do: 'file:d:\' asUrl but the problem seems that $: and $\ are mangled, because when I print, I get: file:///d%3A%5C Furthermore: 'file:d:\' asUrl asFileReference exists ==> false but, at the same time: 'd:\' asFileReference exists ==> true Can anyone tell me where is the mistake? Btw, the reason I am looking for this is that I would like to use the ZeroConf support to load a configuration from a directory Monticello repository and to do that I have to pass a url to the command line. Cheers, Doru -- www.tudorgirba.com "Every thing has its own flow"