NTFS USB drive with filenames with Special Characters in Linux

Well, the solution for me is probably just a BAND-AID, but that’s OK with me.

Before allowing the drive to auto-mount when I click on it in Thunar ( like windows explorer ), I manually mount it with -->

mount /dev/sdb1 anyFolderYouHaveCreated

Now, the drive will be mounted with a name that is its label.

To find what your “sdb1” is, type “lsblk” ( without the "'s )

add lsblk -f to get the label as well (and UUID and space)

Great to hear you got things “working”