unable to create folder with name "con"

[Guest]

tried to create a folder in Windows XP but unable to do that. Whats the
reason behind that

 

[Guest]

Believe you can't name a folder with the same name as a port on the computer,
including:

CON, LPT1, COM1 (2,3,4), AUX etc.

for certain commands, the OS may be confused with outputting to a folder vs
to a port.

CON is for "console".

 

[Guest]

Thanks Frank.

Believe you can't name a folder with the same name as a port on the computer,
including:

CON, LPT1, COM1 (2,3,4), AUX etc.

for certain commands, the OS may be confused with outputting to a folder vs
to a port.

CON is for "console".

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

tried to create a folder in Windows XP but unable to do that. Whats the
reason behind that

Since the earliest days of DOS, "con" has been a reserved word (it
stands for "console") and is unavailable for naming anything.

 

[Guest]

you could press
alt+255 after
you type the
last letter in
con

then enter to
apply the change



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[Bert Hyman]

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Believe you can't name a folder with the same name as a port on the
computer, including:

CON, LPT1, COM1 (2,3,4), AUX etc.

for certain commands, the OS may be confused with outputting to a
folder vs to a port.

CON is for "console".

Yes; from the command line, try

copy somefile.txt CON

Still, you can create a directory by that name like this:

mkdir c:\con\
rmdir c:\con\

.... etc.

You need the trailing "\". Don't know what happens when you try to
use it though.