the 5 digit port I'm trying starts with a 7.... someone mentioned to me there could be an issue above 6

Just an update, it would appear it's not actually the : character (as the error message states)

it's the fact that the port number is 5 digits long. It would appear that in Windows 10, it will not...

Hi

On previous versions of Windows you could put an IP address : portnumber i.e. 192.168.0.1:1234

Now in Windows 10 it says the : character is an illegal character

so how do I define the...