If u hav not heard of CON folder,, try creating a folder named “con” in windows.
u cant create it directly…
bcos CON is the name assigned for windows configuration folder by microsoft.
n similarly named folders can create confusion 4 th os. so creating folder named “con” is impossible.
although u can create it using the method below, the folder is useless, u cant use it nor delete it.
Follow these steps to create CON folder :-
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STEP1: goto command prompt
STEP2: and type md \\.\\”c:\con” (with quotes, better you copy and past it)
the above command will create the folder named “con” in Drive C:
To create that folder in your desktop (for Windows XP) replace the ‘c:\con’ with the FULL PATH of your Desktop, Below is an Example:
md \\.\\”C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Desktop\con” (Where USER is your USERNAME)
(You MUST specify the full path within double quotes ["] If it contains spaces)
In Windows 98, your Desktop path would be : C:\windoiws\Desktop (where C: is the drive letter if your Windows installation)
That is all about creating the folder.
BUT DON’T STOP HERE
Because after creating such a folder, you can’t delete it by simply pressing the DEL key.
To delete this kind of folder, use the same command replacing MD with RD. For example:
rd \\.\\”c:\con” (with quotes for path containing spaces)
BUT DID YOU KNOW?, there are also some other names which you cannot use for a folder. For exapmle Try to create a folder with these names:
AUX, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, PRN, NUL
more info can be found here–> http://kerneltrap.org/node/5772
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NOTE: PLEASE BE CAREFUL WHEN MAKING ANY FOLDER USING ABOVE NAMES, AS THEY MIGHT CREATE SOME PROBLEMS IN WINDOWS
