How many people here knew that you cant name a folder 'con' on any computer? Try it, its impossible. and if you tried it and succeeded let me know(but you wont beable to)
2006-06-27 12:11:39 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
wow... it didn;t work.. and i thought u weere just playing a game with us.. didnt know that.. u deserve 10 points!!!
2006-06-27 12:16:19 · answer #1 · answered by A Sorta Fairytale 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I didn't know that either!
Like someone else said it's a dos command, so when you're using dos, it would be recognized as a command and not a folder, hence not being able to open the folder and windows, knowing it, prevents future problems by not allowing this.
Wow, i just figured that out now!
2006-06-27 19:21:00 · answer #2 · answered by kk13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
damn.. I didn't knew that! I've been using computers for the past 9 years and I didn't name a folder con before
2006-06-27 19:17:11 · answer #3 · answered by nothingreallymattersmuch 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In windows environment , you can't do that , because the base is matter of DOS and NTFS and FAT wont allow you that.
But there is no problem naming a folder "con" on Unix , linux or Solaris.
2006-06-27 19:30:53 · answer #4 · answered by GearSpec™ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cool! Learnt a new thingy today which I didnt know abt.
Though, if you are using unix, you can name a folder - con ;)
2006-06-27 19:14:32 · answer #5 · answered by Tapan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a reserved name like AUX and has been that way since the DOS days, also "con" means "console" which is a reserved name.
2006-06-27 19:18:53 · answer #6 · answered by eltarin_ivebeenhacked 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not just con, (console) but also prn, aux, or anything else that has a special meaning in dos
2006-06-27 19:16:13 · answer #7 · answered by entivore 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't knwo this----but it is cool----heck my brother who is in computers didn't even know this-----
Thank you for the info------one question for you----why you want to name a folder con?
2006-06-27 19:16:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a computer techy and I didn't know that...why is that I wonder?
2006-06-27 19:15:10 · answer #9 · answered by DaCowMan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
someone told me its an HTML Code
2006-06-27 19:19:44 · answer #10 · answered by mrxxbrian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋