Reason:
Not only CON but also we cant create a folder with many words like PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL , COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5,COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9 .
This are reserved keywords used by DOS.
These folders are already existing folders so when you try to create these folders then windows gets confused because of ambiguity.
Can create:
Note: Am using Local disk F.![[Image: xwKN3vc.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_u1xlM9BEhBzCxKiQ_C4g2-_AAUpBLJvY2fuzVxZA25Rt1KHSvTDC1xUhDxckcXIa4B1-P-4hqQ0QwuTYEHRVeXmQ=s0-d)
Open CMD and type the following:![[Image: JqNyGU0.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tb9akLDQU2Cd5o96VADkpSE1P1d63xRzbP6RCsunt0ptvSAiShdS26QvOyR1j1kSyYJu0kdPmg3Vgank0nRKjFAg=s0-d)
1. To Create CON Folder:
![[Image: 5JCmIqT.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_v01UT4bmbrUJQ2jUgZncfFc3vXEDfYRO3bTxJ6CZ94W9ACLUjOKUrTBca89SCE3rLLWNMeDXVfO6fdVtl4Eb1sag=s0-d)
2. To Create PRN Folder:
![[Image: 0tTwrX8.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sSCz_ujUxpX8EMUscW5mZczQLMpu0QcQTbr5rgTyQ-6V5CLbVaLD985Nh4crjfXWpp1DPkVIouJaOabIiN99ab3w=s0-d)
3. To Create LPT1 Folder:
![[Image: Db05YXE.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_s8WONj5jHK2G9TOiy7ecSzbjKNWGVIbDZVuftqzygivDKhLz3y9qvJtPN5iuWdgo_K3cwkf97gH4G21kxZAPNCoA=s0-d)
Reason behind this creating concept is
We used Universal Naming Convention (UNC) Path concept
\\server\share\file_path
Not only CON but also we cant create a folder with many words like PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, 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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