title: C# Error trying Creating Organizational unit with spaces
body: <p>So I have a program that needs to add a new organizational unit under another OU. The format has to be as it is in the code below. Problem is I keep getting the same exception if I put spaces in in the name. I am able to manually add OUs with spaces. What am I a doing wrong here?</p>
  
  <p>Here is the code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>        string ou = "OU=" + "New Company 99999";
  
          try
          {
              if (DirectoryEntry.Exists("LDAP://" + ou + ",OU=MainOrganizationalUnit,DC=domain,DC=com"))
              {
                  MessageBox.Show(ou + " exists.");
              }
              else
              {
                  MessageBox.Show(ou + " does not exist. Creating...");
  
                  using (DirectoryEntry entry = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://OU=MainOrganizationalUnit,DC=domain,DC=com"))
                  {
                      using (DirectorySearcher searcher = new DirectorySearcher(entry))
                      {
                          searcher.Filter = "(" + ou + ")";
                          searcher.SearchScope = SearchScope.Subtree;
                          SearchResult result = searcher.FindOne();
  
                          if (result == null)
                          {
                              /* OU Creation */
                              DirectoryEntry de = entry.Children.Add(ou, "organizationalUnit");
                              de.Properties["description"].Value = "This is a Test";
                              de.CommitChanges();
                          }
                      }
                  }
              }
          }
          catch (Exception Ex)
          {
              LogWriter.Exception(Ex);
          }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When I run this code I get the following error logged:
  System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryServicesCOMException (0x80072037): There is a naming violation.</p>
  
  <p>at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.CommitChanges()
  at MyProgram.MyStaticClass.function()</p>