Re: Why i am not able create a folder named "con" in Windows Os

From: Paul Adare (padare_at_newsguy.com)
Date: 10/19/05 

Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 14:24:59 -0400

In article <#UqjSkN1FHA.3924@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl>, in the
microsoft.public.win2000.security news group, azhar attari
<niet_student@hotmail.com> says...

>
> One one friends last evening showed me that in windows 98 i am not able
> to create a folder with name "con" ...I give a error message dialog...
> In windows Xp When i type "con" and press enter it just changes folder
> name to "folder"...
>
> What is technical reason behind it .....
>

It is a reserved name like AUX and has been that way since the DOS days. 

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