Why cant we make a folder nameed con in windows??

The following reserved device names cannot be used as the name of a file:

CON, PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9.

CON is reserved for console, PRN is reserved for printers………..etc.

You must avoid using these names as a file name suffix or file name body, so you have to avoid names such as aux.c, file.aux or NUL.txt.

You can make folder named con in c drive from command promt.

Press windows+r and type in cmd

then at the command prompt type  md \\.\\c:\con

to remove this folder type rd \\.\\c:\con

2 Comments Post a Comment
  1. majid says:

    HI
    u can create
    for exampel:aux->Alt+0160 or 255 (right nomber in keyboard)

  2. Easwar says:

    u can choose any location to create these folders by changing the path…..not limited to c: drive…any way….nice post….!!!

Leave a Reply




Members

Recently Active Member Avatars

Member avatar
Member avatar
Member avatar
Member avatar
Member avatar
Member avatar
Member avatar
Member avatar
Member avatar
Member avatar
Member avatar
Member avatar
Member avatar
Member avatar
Member avatar

Sponsors

TechBU is powered by Theme SWIFT

Download
Logo

Welcome to TechBU

Login or Signup to meet new friends, find out what's going on, and connect with others on the site.


Sign Up Now

Registering for this site is easy. Just fill in the fields on the registration page and we'll get a new account set up for you in no time.

Forgot Your Password?

A new password will be e-mailed to you.

Member Login