please tell me that why are we not able to create a folder on the desktop with its name as "CON"?

Question

don't name it as "CON" name it as CON(without inverted commas).And give me a good reason..........please

Answer 1

Here is the justification why a folder named “CON” cannot be created. Windows has been inherited from MS DOS which again was inherited from an operating system called QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System). Till today all the MS operating systems including the servers still have the kernel shell functions of MS DOS. DOS was a text console based OS. CON is a reserved word which meant console or the visual display unit. So anything when redirected to CON went to the display device which is the monitor. Since it is a reserved word DOS restricted that word to be used elsewhere like creating file named CON or creating a directory named CON.

Answer 2

There is no reason. You can actually do it. Go to te command prompt and type mkdir con \a
and you will get the folder there. Then how to delete it? Well I guess you can figure it out, if not then ask another question ...:)

Answer 3

From:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/Windows2000Pro/reskit/part3/proch17.mspx

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Several special file names are reserved by the system and cannot be used for files or folders:

CON, AUX, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, PRN, NUL

End of quote

Answer 4

Device names such as COM1, CON or LPT1 are reserved words. Users cannot create files and folders whose names are reserved words like DOS device names...

Answer 5

CON is a reserved name for console in DOS. e.g.

C:\ copy con file.txt

Ctrl-z

Will create a file called file.txt from whatever you typed on the console. Similarly PRN is for the printer.

Answer 6

its a reserve word kept by microsoft,

con is for console

similarly there are some other words also kept reserved by MS.

happy.

Answer 7

Its a dos command name in windows.

Answer 8

it worked on mine