A Big Challenge
NO ONE CAN CREATE NEW FOLDER WITH NAME CON
It is not easy to make a folder name con but i have explained 5 ways to make a folder name "con" (Junaid hacker)
Details about "con"
Message claims that not even Microsoft and Bill Gates can explain why it is impossible to create a folder named
"CON" on a Windows based computer.
A person discovered that nobody can create a FOLDER anywhere on the computer which can be named as "CON".
This is something pretty cool...and unbelievable... At Microsoft the whole Team, including Bill Gates,
couldn't answer why this happened!
TRY IT NOW !!
IT WILL NOT CREATE "CON " FOLDER.......instead it will name it as new folder....TRY IT !!!"
According to this rather breathless little message, which circulates via email and online,
it is not possible to create a folder named "CON" on a Microsoft Windows based computer.
The message claims that not even Bill Gates or the whole Microsoft "Team" can explain why this might be so.
It is in fact perfectly true that you cannot create a folder named "CON", nor can you rename an existing folder to "CON".
However, there is no mystery surrounding this restriction whatsoever. The "team" at Microsoft, and a great many others
besides, know perfectly well why you cannot name a folder "CON". "CON" and a number of other character strings are in fact
reserved names that go back to the days of DOS and cannot be used to name folders or files. Other reserved names are:
PRN
AUX
NUL
LPT1
COM1
Potential drive letter - A: to Z:
A number of others
If you try to name a folder using one of these reserved names, the name will automatically revert to the default, generally
"New Folder". Moreover, if you try to use a reserved name to name a file such as a Notepad or Microsoft Word document
you will generally receive an error message similar to the following:
Depending on exactly how you save the file, you may instead receive a warning message advising that a file with that name
already exists. However, even if you choose "Yes" to overwrite the existing file, you will still not be allowed to save the
file.
It should be noted that, by entering the right sequence of commands via the command prompt, it is usually possible to
circumvent the restriction in Windows and create a folder using a reserved name. However, this may cause other problems
and is not advisable, especially for more inexperienced users.
While there is no mystery about this issue, it might have saved user confusion if Windows displayed an explanatory error
message when attempting to create a folder with a reserved name as well.
"CON" on a Windows based computer.
A person discovered that nobody can create a FOLDER anywhere on the computer which can be named as "CON".
This is something pretty cool...and unbelievable... At Microsoft the whole Team, including Bill Gates,
couldn't answer why this happened!
TRY IT NOW !!
IT WILL NOT CREATE "CON " FOLDER.......instead it will name it as new folder....TRY IT !!!"
According to this rather breathless little message, which circulates via email and online,
it is not possible to create a folder named "CON" on a Microsoft Windows based computer.
The message claims that not even Bill Gates or the whole Microsoft "Team" can explain why this might be so.
It is in fact perfectly true that you cannot create a folder named "CON", nor can you rename an existing folder to "CON".
However, there is no mystery surrounding this restriction whatsoever. The "team" at Microsoft, and a great many others
besides, know perfectly well why you cannot name a folder "CON". "CON" and a number of other character strings are in fact
reserved names that go back to the days of DOS and cannot be used to name folders or files. Other reserved names are:
PRN
AUX
NUL
LPT1
COM1
Potential drive letter - A: to Z:
A number of others
If you try to name a folder using one of these reserved names, the name will automatically revert to the default, generally
"New Folder". Moreover, if you try to use a reserved name to name a file such as a Notepad or Microsoft Word document
you will generally receive an error message similar to the following:
Depending on exactly how you save the file, you may instead receive a warning message advising that a file with that name
already exists. However, even if you choose "Yes" to overwrite the existing file, you will still not be allowed to save the
file.
It should be noted that, by entering the right sequence of commands via the command prompt, it is usually possible to
circumvent the restriction in Windows and create a folder using a reserved name. However, this may cause other problems
and is not advisable, especially for more inexperienced users.
While there is no mystery about this issue, it might have saved user confusion if Windows displayed an explanatory error
message when attempting to create a folder with a reserved name as well.
HOW TO MAKE A FOLDER NAME "CON"
open dos
and type
md\\.\c:\con
and it is created in c drive
and it can not delete
to delete it open again dos
and then type
rd\\.\c:\con
and type
md\\.\c:\con
and it is created in c drive
and it can not delete
to delete it open again dos
and then type
rd\\.\c:\con
we can create the folder con by typing "alt+0160+ " after this type "con"
the folder will create like "con" the 0160 is hidden
the folder will create like "con" the 0160 is hidden
It also happens with alt+255 and then con
Both of these ideas create a blank space first which u cant see properly....its as simple as making a fool by just
hitting a "space" before naming it as "con".
it actually is renamed as "(space)con"..
Both of these ideas create a blank space first which u cant see properly....its as simple as making a fool by just
hitting a "space" before naming it as "con".
it actually is renamed as "(space)con"..
The reason why "con" cant be used as folder or file name because "con" means "console".
It means you are redirecting whatever is entered into the console back into the console(like a mirror).
So, nothing enters it and everything bounces. To understand this more properly, open command prompt and type "copy con con".
It means you are redirecting whatever is entered into the console back into the console(like a mirror).
So, nothing enters it and everything bounces. To understand this more properly, open command prompt and type "copy con con".
I've found out that you can apparently re-name My Documents as CON!!
you can also rename my computer, recycle bin, my network places as con...
you can also rename my computer, recycle bin, my network places as con...