diff --git a/FileDeduplicator.Test/FileScannerAndHasherTests.cs b/FileDeduplicator.Test/FileScannerAndHasherTests.cs
index e059b5e..44c8daa 100644
--- a/FileDeduplicator.Test/FileScannerAndHasherTests.cs
+++ b/FileDeduplicator.Test/FileScannerAndHasherTests.cs
@@ -323,6 +323,71 @@ public void HashingSkipsAnUnreadableFileAndStillHashesTheRest()
 		Assert.IsFalse(hashes.ContainsKey(unreadable));
 	}
 
+	/// <summary>
+	/// A file name the path type rejects but the file system accepts must be skipped, not abort the
+	/// scan of the whole tree (ktsu-dev/FileDeduplicator#140).
+	/// </summary>
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void ScanSkipsAFileWhoseNameThePathTypeRejects()
+	{
+		// Arrange
+		using TempTree tree = new();
+		AbsoluteFilePath a = tree.Write("a.txt", "x");
+		AbsoluteFilePath b = tree.Write("b.txt", "x");
+		WriteUnrepresentable(tree, "notes <draft>.txt");
+		WriteUnrepresentable(tree, "left|right.txt");
+
+		// Act
+		IReadOnlyList<AbsoluteFilePath> files = FileScanner.ScanForFiles(tree.Root);
+
+		// Assert
+		CollectionAssert.AreEquivalent(new[] { a, b }, files.ToArray());
+	}
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// A path longer than the path type accepts must be skipped, not abort the scan of the whole
+	/// tree. Deep <c>node_modules</c> and build output trees routinely have such paths.
+	/// </summary>
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void ScanSkipsAFileWhosePathIsTooLongForThePathType()
+	{
+		// Arrange
+		using TempTree tree = new();
+		AbsoluteFilePath a = tree.Write("a.txt", "x");
+		AbsoluteFilePath b = tree.Write("b.txt", "x");
+		string deep = string.Join('/', Enumerable.Repeat(new string('d', 60), 5)) + "/long.txt";
+		WriteUnrepresentable(tree, deep);
+
+		// Act
+		IReadOnlyList<AbsoluteFilePath> files = FileScanner.ScanForFiles(tree.Root);
+
+		// Assert
+		CollectionAssert.AreEquivalent(new[] { a, b }, files.ToArray());
+	}
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Writes a file whose path <see cref="AbsoluteFilePath"/> rejects, which <see cref="TempTree.Write"/>
+	/// cannot do because it hands back that type. Marks the test inconclusive where the file system
+	/// refuses the path too, as Windows does for <c>&lt;</c> and <c>|</c>.
+	/// </summary>
+	/// <param name="tree">The tree to write into.</param>
+	/// <param name="relativePath">Path relative to the tree's root, using forward slashes.</param>
+	internal static void WriteUnrepresentable(TempTree tree, string relativePath)
+	{
+		string full = Path.Combine(tree.Root.WeakString, relativePath.Replace('/', Path.DirectorySeparatorChar));
+		try
+		{
+			_ = Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.GetDirectoryName(full)!);
+			File.WriteAllText(full, "unrepresentable");
+		}
+		catch (Exception ex) when (ex is IOException or ArgumentException or UnauthorizedAccessException)
+		{
+			Assert.Inconclusive($"This file system does not accept {full}, so there is nothing to stage: {ex.Message}");
+		}
+
+		Assert.ThrowsExactly<ArgumentException>(full.As<AbsoluteFilePath>, $"{full} is representable, so it does not stage the case under test.");
+	}
+
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Creates a named pipe with <c>mkfifo</c>, or marks the test inconclusive where there is none.
 	/// </summary>
diff --git a/FileDeduplicator.Test/VerbOutputTests.cs b/FileDeduplicator.Test/VerbOutputTests.cs
index c2f1d05..6ba4cd5 100644
--- a/FileDeduplicator.Test/VerbOutputTests.cs
+++ b/FileDeduplicator.Test/VerbOutputTests.cs
@@ -282,4 +282,63 @@ public void AnEmptyDirectoryStopsAfterDiscovery()
 		Assert.Contains("Found 0 file(s).", output);
 		Assert.DoesNotContain("Hashing files...", output);
 	}
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// A file the path type cannot represent is named and skipped, and every verb still reports the
+	/// duplicates around it instead of crashing (ktsu-dev/FileDeduplicator#140).
+	/// </summary>
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void EveryVerbSkipsAnUnrepresentableFileAndReportsTheRest()
+	{
+		// Arrange
+		using TempTree tree = new();
+		_ = tree.Write("a.txt", "alpha");
+		AbsoluteFilePath copy = tree.Write("aa.txt", "alpha");
+		FileScannerAndHasherTests.WriteUnrepresentable(tree, "notes <draft>.txt");
+		string path = tree.Root.WeakString;
+
+		// Act
+		(string Output, int ExitCode)[] runs =
+		[
+			RunWithExitCode(new Scan { PathString = path }),
+			RunWithExitCode(new DryRun { PathString = path }),
+			RunWithExitCode(new Stats { PathString = path }),
+			RunWithExitCode(new Deduplicate { PathString = path }, "y"),
+		];
+
+		// Assert
+		foreach ((string output, int exitCode) in runs)
+		{
+			Assert.AreEqual(0, exitCode, output);
+			Assert.Contains("notes <draft>.txt", output, "The skipped file was not named.");
+			Assert.Contains("Duplicate", output, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+		}
+
+		Assert.IsFalse(TempTree.Exists(copy), "Deduplicate did not remove the duplicate beside the skipped file.");
+	}
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// A root the path type cannot represent fails in one line with exit code 1, not a stack trace.
+	/// </summary>
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void ScanOfAnUnrepresentableRootReportsItInOneLine()
+	{
+		// Arrange
+		using TempTree tree = new();
+		FileScannerAndHasherTests.WriteUnrepresentable(tree, "left|right/f.txt");
+		string root = Path.Combine(tree.Root.WeakString, "left|right");
+
+		// Act
+		(string output, int exitCode) = RunWithExitCode(new Scan { PathString = root });
+
+		// Assert
+		Assert.AreEqual(1, exitCode, output);
+		Assert.Contains($"Cannot scan {root}", output);
+	}
+
+	private static (string Output, int ExitCode) RunWithExitCode(BaseVerb verb, string stdin = "")
+	{
+		string output = ConsoleCapture.Run(verb, stdin, out int exitCode);
+		return (output, exitCode);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/FileDeduplicator/FileScanner.cs b/FileDeduplicator/FileScanner.cs
index b6aea0a..ab49978 100644
--- a/FileDeduplicator/FileScanner.cs
+++ b/FileDeduplicator/FileScanner.cs
@@ -85,7 +85,18 @@ internal static IReadOnlyList<AbsoluteFilePath> ScanForFiles(AbsoluteDirectoryPa
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			files.Add(file.As<AbsoluteFilePath>());
+			// ktsu.Semantics.Paths rejects some names the file system accepts: '<', '>' and '|' are
+			// legal on Unix, and paths over 256 characters are routine under node_modules or deep
+			// build output. One such file must not abort the scan of the whole tree, so it is
+			// reported and skipped, the same way FileHasher handles a file it cannot read.
+			try
+			{
+				files.Add(file.As<AbsoluteFilePath>());
+			}
+			catch (ArgumentException ex)
+			{
+				Console.WriteLine($"  Skipped {file}: {ex.Message}");
+			}
 		}
 
 		return files;
diff --git a/FileDeduplicator/Verbs/BaseVerb.cs b/FileDeduplicator/Verbs/BaseVerb.cs
index 4f63d8b..56baa30 100644
--- a/FileDeduplicator/Verbs/BaseVerb.cs
+++ b/FileDeduplicator/Verbs/BaseVerb.cs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public override int Run()
 		try
 		{
 			ExitCode = 0;
-			if (!ValidateArgs() || (ScansADirectory && !FileScanner.IsScannableDirectory(Path)))
+			if (!ValidateArgs() || (ScansADirectory && (!IsRepresentablePath() || !FileScanner.IsScannableDirectory(Path))))
 			{
 				return 1;
 			}
@@ -76,4 +76,28 @@ public override int Run()
 	}
 
 	internal abstract void Run(T options);
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Checks that the root given by <see cref="BaseVerb.PathString"/> converts to an
+	/// <see cref="AbsoluteDirectoryPath"/>, and says why in one line when it does not.
+	/// </summary>
+	/// <remarks>
+	/// The conversion rejects characters and lengths the file system accepts, such as <c>|</c> in a
+	/// Unix directory name or a path over 256 characters, and the exception would otherwise escape
+	/// <see cref="Run()"/> as a stack trace.
+	/// </remarks>
+	/// <returns><see langword="false"/> when the root cannot be represented.</returns>
+	private bool IsRepresentablePath()
+	{
+		try
+		{
+			_ = Path;
+			return true;
+		}
+		catch (ArgumentException ex)
+		{
+			Console.WriteLine($"Cannot scan {PathString}: {ex.Message}");
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
 }