On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 9:36 AM, kaplex <kap
...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Good answer for your own question. Hehe... very informative.
> Thanks...
> *From:* gmail-malaysia@googlegroups.com [mailto:
> gmail-malaysia@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *nahrafqifahs
> *Sent:* 20 Oktober 2009 8:58
> *To:* gmail-malaysia@googlegroups.com
> *Subject:* [Gmail-Malaysia] Re: Cannot Create Windows Folder Named Cannot
> Create Windows Folder Named Con
> It is in fact perfectly true that you cannot create a folder named "CON",
> nor can you rename an existing folder to "CON". However, there is no mystery
> surrounding this restriction whatsoever. The "team" at Microsoft, and a
> great many others besides, know perfectly well why you cannot name a folder
> "CON". "CON" and a number of other character strings are in fact reserved
> names that go back to the days of DOS and cannot be used to name folders or
> files. Other reserved names are:
> - PRN
> - AUX
> - NUL
> - LPT1
> - COM1
> - Potential drive letter - A: to Z:
> - A number of others
> If you try to name a folder using one of these reserved names, the name
> will automatically revert to the default, generally "New Folder".
> Depending on exactly how you save the file, you may instead receive a
> warning message advising that a file with that name already exists. However,
> even if you choose "Yes" to overwrite the existing file, you will still not
> be allowed* to save the file.
> While there is no mystery about this issue, it might have saved user
> confusion if Windows displayed an explanatory error message when attempting
> to create a folder with a reserved name as well.
> For more detailed information see:
> MS-DOS Device Driver Names Cannot be Used as File Names<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/74496/en-us>
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 3:08 AM, Kamarul <exsys...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You can't create a new folder with that name "con" because it is reserve
> for DOS device. in DOS Command "CON" is using for
> "console" such as keyboard and mouse. You can create a directory with name
> "con" using DOS Command.
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:46 PM, nahrafqifahs <shafiq.far...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> An Indian discovered that nobody can create a *FOLDER *anywhere on the
> computer which can be named as "*CON*".
> This is something pretty cool...and unbelievable...
> At Microsoft the whole Team, including Bill Gates, couldn't answer why this
> happened!
> TRY IT NOW !!
> IT WILL NOT CREATE "CON " FOLDER.......instead it will name it as *new
> folder*....TRY IT !!!
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