I am using this code to find files recursively in a folder , with size greater than 50000 bytes.

def listall(parent):
    lis=[] 
    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(parent):
         for name in files:
             if os.path.getsize(os.path.join(root,name))>500000:                                
                   lis.append(os.path.join(root,name))
    return lis 

This is working fine. But when I used this on 'temporary internet files' folder in windows, am getting this error.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#4>", line 1, 
in <module> listall(a) File "<pyshell#2>", 
line 5, in listall if os.path.getsize(os.path.join(root,name))>500000: 
File "C:\Python26\lib\genericpath.py", line 49, in getsize return os.stat(filename).st_size WindowsError: [Error 123] The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect: 'C:\\Documents and Settings\\khedarnatha\\Local Settings\\Temporary Internet Files\\Content.IE5\\EDS8C2V7\\??????+1[1].jpg' 

I think this is because windows gives names with special characters in this specific folder... Please help to sort out this issue.