I also for the longest time was using some variations of space, than I was only able to paste at the and of folder with the usage of ACDSee 3.1 graphics files viewer / handler. But a couple of years back I have finally started to cope with this issue by the means of adding an
'
sign at the end of the name of the band like than; but only in the folder [and not in the tag fields]
So an R.E.M.
would become R.E.M. 'with an ordinary space to indicate that it is not a part of the "original" name
And I do now like this because other pieces of software also can have similar issues. Mp3tag maybe safe now in regards to such a dot, but why not error proof folders for all of them; all of the future software that you might use in time to come, be it for tagging, burning or moving of such folders?