def make_safe_filename(name):
    """Replace characters that are not allowed in windows file names."""
    for char in ('/', '\\', ':', '*', '?', '"', '<', '>', '|'):  # Windows illegal folder chars
        if char in name:
            name = name.replace(char, " ")
            # replacables:  ['∕','⧵' ,'˸','⁎','ॽ','“','ᑄ','ᑀ','┃']  #similar chars
    return name