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<blockquote data-quote="sameera15852" data-source="post: 12134425" data-attributes="member: 123654"><p>The windows is being a wellknown os in present days. In windows when you create a folder in the name “con” in usual method of creating a new folder, you will obtain error message from windows. Not only for the folder name “con” but also it is impossible to create the folders in the following name.</p><p> </p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">PRN</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">AUX</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">CLOCK$</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">NUL</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5,COM6, COM7, COM8 and COM9,</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9 .</li> </ol><p>The following message will be provided by windows to you.</p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://techsbot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Folder.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://techsbot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Folder.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://techsbot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Folder.png" target="_blank">http://techsbot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Folder.png</a></p><p><strong>Why you can’t create the folders in the name mentioned above?</strong></p><p> The reason for the error message is that they are reserved keywords used by DOS. These folders are already existing folders so when you try to create these folders , windows gets confused because of repetition where to write data, either virtual con folder or real con folder. So when you try to create a folder with these names then an error message will pop up and your folder will again revert to name New Folder.</p><p></p><p></p><p> <strong>How to create a folder in the names mentioned above?</strong></p><p></p><p>1.open CMD. For opening CMD ,simply enter term “cmd” in run and press enter.</p><p></p><p></p><p> 2. then type “MD \\.\E:\CON”. In this code E: is the drive we have selected to create the folder.You can change the place to create the folder by replacing E in the above code.</p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://techsbot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Capture2.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://techsbot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Capture2.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p>3.Now you can observe the folder with the name “con” in the drive which you have mentioned above.</p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://techsbot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Capture3.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://techsbot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Capture3.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://techsbot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Capture3.png" target="_blank">http://techsbot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Capture3.png</a></p><p><strong>Deleting the folder</strong></p><p></p><p> 1. If you delete the file created it will say that windows could not find the item.</p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://techsbot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Capture4.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://techsbot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Capture4.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://techsbot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Capture4.png" target="_blank">http://techsbot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Capture4.png</a></p><p><strong>How to delete the folder?</strong></p><p></p><p> 1. Open CMD and enter “RD \\.\D:\CON”. In this code, you have to enter the drive name where you have created the folder.</p><p> Note: In some instances, the cmd too can’t delete the folder In that instances you have to delete the folder using SafeMode.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sameera15852, post: 12134425, member: 123654"] The windows is being a wellknown os in present days. In windows when you create a folder in the name “con” in usual method of creating a new folder, you will obtain error message from windows. Not only for the folder name “con” but also it is impossible to create the folders in the following name. [LIST=1] [*]PRN [*]AUX [*]CLOCK$ [*]NUL [*]COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5,COM6, COM7, COM8 and COM9, [*]LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9 . [/LIST] The following message will be provided by windows to you. [CENTER][URL="http://techsbot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Folder.png"][IMG]http://techsbot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Folder.png[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://techsbot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Folder.png"][/URL][/CENTER] [B]Why you can’t create the folders in the name mentioned above?[/B] The reason for the error message is that they are reserved keywords used by DOS. These folders are already existing folders so when you try to create these folders , windows gets confused because of repetition where to write data, either virtual con folder or real con folder. So when you try to create a folder with these names then an error message will pop up and your folder will again revert to name New Folder. [B]How to create a folder in the names mentioned above?[/B] 1.open CMD. For opening CMD ,simply enter term “cmd” in run and press enter. 2. then type “MD \\.\E:\CON”. In this code E: is the drive we have selected to create the folder.You can change the place to create the folder by replacing E in the above code. [CENTER][URL="http://techsbot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Capture2.png"][IMG]http://techsbot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Capture2.png[/IMG][/URL][/CENTER] 3.Now you can observe the folder with the name “con” in the drive which you have mentioned above. [CENTER][URL="http://techsbot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Capture3.png"][IMG]http://techsbot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Capture3.png[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://techsbot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Capture3.png"][/URL][/CENTER] [B]Deleting the folder[/B] 1. If you delete the file created it will say that windows could not find the item. [CENTER][URL="http://techsbot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Capture4.png"][IMG]http://techsbot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Capture4.png[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://techsbot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Capture4.png"][/URL][/CENTER] [B]How to delete the folder?[/B] 1. Open CMD and enter “RD \\.\D:\CON”. In this code, you have to enter the drive name where you have created the folder. Note: In some instances, the cmd too can’t delete the folder In that instances you have to delete the folder using SafeMode. [/QUOTE]
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