Sunday, May 30, 2010

Genius in Computer can answer for this question

In Windows Operating System

You cannot create a folder in any part of the computer with the name 'con'.
                           Create a new folder by Right Click-> New -> Folder

                           Then Right Click on it and check whether you can change it to the name 'con'.

I do not know the REASON for this. If you can,answer me.

All your suggestions are most welcome.

2 comments:

  1. well!! its not only CON but also there are few names like COM1,LPT1,PRN,AUX,NUL etc.. which cannot be named/renamed to a folder.
    These are all reserved device names in some specific windows devices.They are included in IO.SYS and DATE and in existence from the early MS-DOS days.for example:CON is reserved for Console(combination of keyboard and screen to handle input and output),
    PRN is for Printer,NUL is for dummy port and also denotes a null device in LINUX,/dev/null.
    By,
    Dhinesh.M

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