.... name a folder CON (Upper or lowercase does not matter) in a computer. Try it, its NOT possible.
2007-03-20 12:55:29 · 6 answers · asked by The Mastermind 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
This exploit was used years ago in websites to make computers crashing. They simply written a piece of html that redirected you automaticaly to c:\con\con. Because this directory can't exist the computer crashed instead of showing a file not found error. This only worked with IE until version 5.0, after that the bug got fixed, but it was quite annoying to get everytime a blue screen.
2007-03-20 13:00:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is reserved for the console. Try this in a cmd prompt
copy con newfile.txt
this is a file
This will create a file called newfile.txt
2007-03-20 20:03:15 · answer #2 · answered by Gene M 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's just a reserved name, a remnant from the old DOS console. There are other reserved names, such as
COM1
COM2
LPT1
LPT2
LPT3
\ / : * ? < > |
Try them...
2007-03-20 20:00:49 · answer #3 · answered by David B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is reserved word for something else in programs where it can't be used for some other purpose..
2007-03-20 20:06:45 · answer #4 · answered by Leo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a system reserved word. You will never do it.
2007-03-20 19:59:41 · answer #5 · answered by Kokopelli 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is really driving you nuts, isn't it? I saw you ask this earlier. I think you should accept that you can't do it and move on. Sorry.
2007-03-20 20:05:15 · answer #6 · answered by Christian Soldier 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋