No Conning With Windows, try it to believe it!!!!!!!!!! Windows Fault Check it

Well i tried it and it doesn't work either

 

yep not working

Tried it in dos shell and no go either

 

WTF .. its pretty strange lol

by the way, how would you justify this statement? did you ask them?

 

The reason why you cannot create a "con" folder in windows is because it's a part of a MS-DOS command "copy con". This command is used for creating new files:

C:\DOCUMENTS>copy con filename.ext

Now, the problem is that "copy" is also a separate DOS command (used for copying files of course)

So writing "copy con filename" would have created a confusion. (copy a folder named "con" vs "create a new file" ). Therefore, "con" was forbidden as a folder name.

So...not only Microsoft knows WHY it's not possible to create such a folder, but, they also did that in purpose.


P.S. Something is wrong with your font size and nobody knows why. Plus, you have a link to a website that has nothing to do with the thread. Try using the signature option...

 

exactly ! shell

 

CON stands for standard output
try this:
copy file.txt con
it will echo file.txt at display

You can not also create PRN folder because PRN stands for default printer
copy file.txt prn
will send file.txt to default printer

 

See this post http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1239353&SiteID=1

Solution is there.. but I didnt tried..

 

puh this is a marketting stunt ....

 

Thanks for the answer. I had heard of this before and used to wonder why it is so. The email that I received also said Microsoft doesn't know the answer. lol

 

You are welcome!

 

dont tell me that microsoft cannot answer this you say including bill gates do you think he has the time to answer this

 

this news belong to year 1999.

 

Microsoft has the answer, they just do not want to admit it...

 

Microsoft buys answers through acquisition and uncompetitive business practices

 

This looks like a marketting scheme to me.

 

I just made a folder named con on my windows, but only issue now is u cannot use this folder to put files into

 

I tried making the folder but can't do it. I don't know how paidhosting made it on windows.

Can't be done on mine. I"m using XP.

 

Only thing is now i can't get rid or it . But atleast its not taking up any space ..

 

I was able to create one on mine use unicode CON and it will do the trick

 

its because con is a reserved word in Windows.