Reason:
Not only CON but also we cant create a folder with many words like PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL , COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5,COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9 .
This are reserved keywords used by DOS.
These folders are already existing folders so when you try to create these folders then windows gets confused because of ambiguity.
Can create:
Note: Am using Local disk F.![[Image: xwKN3vc.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tGtqWDnIbMJFYULR5xlyzU6FpmdYsP1qO3rDkyXQ1cHWYxrkmnSSxghqQ5xpxkuKC84Vv2ySeIEpEbZS8VId4Ydw=s0-d)
Open CMD and type the following:![[Image: JqNyGU0.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sv35-l7cGY-8DUkBY5_t3m5nLzWqND3BdCKe5-wZZ30ysnDDCkvwPeuARD8aH1lUkMzLdIQAWQmtoBy8j1u5lz1g=s0-d)
1. To Create CON Folder:
![[Image: 5JCmIqT.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_snC6uve86raGV40-axiDAPVCuQ-8YZuze1PQw0_wzktkKmt6I2egYKo5FZZBDdfhHbfYPWPq3B3rx47crzIyFzjA=s0-d)
2. To Create PRN Folder:
![[Image: 0tTwrX8.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sw8nRjjhAPNBPRKL2DKmDPcV5wUXVx-LzGEpIw5mgZhsBj2RflvXtg5ObiNLGLME8_-7Z_f6lv8o9U5-b3JPvcGA=s0-d)
3. To Create LPT1 Folder:
![[Image: Db05YXE.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_s73DzVzWGvrbAVyuXtfaD8_5O2hDc4uYvCWb45lNS_dHyoS_SWR3m0gxLLW-ApAYKBfIs7XVrhyCN-gVicPcfu0A=s0-d)
Reason behind this creating concept is
We used Universal Naming Convention (UNC) Path concept
\\server\share\file_path
Not only CON but also we cant create a folder with many words like PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL , COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5,COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9 .
This are reserved keywords used by DOS.
These folders are already existing folders so when you try to create these folders then windows gets confused because of ambiguity.
Can create:
Note: Am using Local disk F.
Open CMD and type the following:
1. To Create CON Folder:
Code:
MD\\.\F:\CON2. To Create PRN Folder:
Code:
MD\\.\F:\PRN3. To Create LPT1 Folder:
Code:
MD\\.\F:\LPT1Reason behind this creating concept is
We used Universal Naming Convention (UNC) Path concept
\\server\share\file_path
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