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Can you create a folder / file named "con" in windows.

 
 
rajul mishra
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      21st Oct 2003
Go in any folder or desktop and create a new folder now
try to rename it to con. You will not be able to do it.

Is this because we are using the same old copy tech as
copy con con which will not happen. ????




 
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Drew Cooper [MSFT]
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      21st Oct 2003
CON is a reserved device name. So are AUX, COM1-COM9, LPT1-LPT9, NUL, and
PRN. I might be forgetting a couple of them. They can't be used as file
names.
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"rajul mishra" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Go in any folder or desktop and create a new folder now
> try to rename it to con. You will not be able to do it.
>
> Is this because we are using the same old copy tech as
> copy con con which will not happen. ????
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Overlord
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      21st Oct 2003
Screwed around and made a \nul directory once upon a time.
Went thru hell getting rid of it....

On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 14:30:54 -0700, "Drew Cooper [MSFT]"
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>CON is a reserved device name. So are AUX, COM1-COM9, LPT1-LPT9, NUL, and
>PRN. I might be forgetting a couple of them. They can't be used as file
>names.
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>Drew Cooper [MSFT]
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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>"rajul mishra" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> Go in any folder or desktop and create a new folder now
>> try to rename it to con. You will not be able to do it.
>>
>> Is this because we are using the same old copy tech as
>> copy con con which will not happen. ????

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