How to create CON folder in Windows OS

Wednesday
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]


Open CMD and type the following:[Image: JqNyGU0.png]


1. To Create CON Folder:
Code:
MD\\.\F:\CON
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2. To Create PRN Folder:
Code:
MD\\.\F:\PRN
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3. To Create LPT1 Folder:
Code:
MD\\.\F:\LPT1
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Reason behind this creating concept is
We used Universal Naming Convention (UNC) Path concept
\\server\share\file_path

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