diff --git a/Modules.Filesystem/File.vb b/Modules.Filesystem/File.vb
index 3a2ad940..f0409087 100644
--- a/Modules.Filesystem/File.vb
+++ b/Modules.Filesystem/File.vb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Public Class File
     Private ReadOnly _invalidPathChars As String
 
     Private Const REGEX_CLEAN_FILENAME As String = "[\\/:""<>|\b\0\r\n\t]"
-    Private Const REGEX_CLEAN_PATH As String = "[:""<>|\b\0\r\n\t]"
+    Private Const REGEX_CLEAN_PATH As String = "[""<>|\b\0\r\n\t]"
 
     ' The limit enforced by windows for filenpaths is 260, 
     ' so we use a slightly smaller number to have some Error margin.