help. cant create folder called con in windows why?

germanjulian · Mar 1, 2004

ok some might know some might not know but you cannot create a folder in windows called con

con

ok.

does anyone know the reasons?? searched google and ms site didnt find anything

cack01 · Mar 1, 2004

con, aux, prn stand for console, auxiliary, and printer.

These are old commands left over from the dos days. Which means they could possible still be used in windows as commands under the command prompt. They are just making sure noone names a folder after a command.

germanjulian · Mar 1, 2004

thanks for the info. really appriciated

su root · Mar 1, 2004

same with "nul" = null

mbentley · Mar 1, 2004

su root said:
same with "nul" = null

they really saved big time there cutting off that "l"

su root · Mar 1, 2004

mbentley said:
they really saved big time there cutting off that "l"

Look at how much time they saved by using 2-digit dates. They saved so much that they're back in 1904 right now

Viper848 · Mar 2, 2004

hmmm.........interesting.

and germanjulian, exactly how did you come across this little "error"?
were you trying to make a folder full of cons!?!?!?!?

su root · Mar 2, 2004

There was a bug in IE back in the windows 98 days... if you came across a webpage with the link:
file://c|/con/con/con

and clicked on it, it would give you 2 bluescreens (or, one for every "con".. or any other reserved word).

Viper848 · Mar 3, 2004

O, gotcha.

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