why can't we create a folder named con in WINDOWS?

Answer 1

For about the millionth time now, its a system command! If you could, you would render your PC unusable! You thumbs down boobs crack me up! You couldnt fix a sandwich let alone someones PC! My answer is as simple and straight forward as it gets!

Answer 2

Don't really know what you are trying to say.

You can put the cursor on an open space on the desktop and right click the mouse. Then click new and make a new folder and name it anything you want. Of course, I have heard of certain things you can not name a folder for whatever reason.

Now if you click Text document that makes an icon which is notepad. There you can have a quick file to save stuff or look at real fast. I have 4 notepads. Once if for computers, which has all the sites and info, so I just cut and paste answers real quick.

Answer 3

t's not that weird. 'con' is a reserved word from the old DOS days, simply meaning 'console'. If you wanted to create a new text file in DOS you could type 'copy con newfile.txt' meaning copy from the console to newfile.txt. This would let you type some lines and when you ended the file with ^Z (DOSish for 'end of file') you would have a file called newfile.txt containing whatever you wrote in the console. This is indeed still possible in the Windows XP console, and can you see what mess it would cause if you let files or folders have the name 'con'? What would 'copy con newfile.txt' then mean? BSOD?

Answer 4

we can create a folder named con by using dos command but we cannot delete it . it is very difficult to delete it as it`s it is system properties.
thank u
vishalSTEP1: goto command prompt

STEP2: type in prompt e:\> "mkdir \\.\e:\con"

STEP3: verify by typing "dir \\.\e:\con"

STEP4: delete the file or folder "rmdir \\.\e:\con"

Answer 5

System folder - OFF LIMITS TO CREATION... will default to New Folder X when tried.. no matter where you try it