Name folder with "con"

[Guest]

I cannot name a folder with "con". Is this a Windows bug?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I cannot name a folder with "con". Is this a Windows bug?

"CON" is a reserved Windows name, same as LPT or aux.
Choose a different name!

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

See also

Naming a File:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/fs/naming_a_file.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prkc_fil_rbrx.asp
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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
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Windows XP Troubleshooting
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I cannot name a folder with "con". Is this a Windows bug?

 

[David Candy]

Con is the name of the file that for writing is the screen and for reading is the keyboard.

Type

copy con file.txt

<type some crap>

Ctrl + Z

You just copied the keyboard to a file.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I cannot name a folder with "con". Is this a Windows bug?

No, it's not a bug. "Con" is a reserved device name that refers to the
computer terminal, or monitor.


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[Ken Blake, MVP]

"CON" is a reserved Windows name, same as LPT or aux.
Choose a different name!

And just to add, this restriction goes back to the earliest days of DOS.