Reason:
Not only CON but also we cant create a folder with many words like PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL , COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5,COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9 .
This are reserved keywords used by DOS.
These folders are already existing folders so when you try to create these folders then windows gets confused because of ambiguity.
Can create:
Note: Am using Local disk F.![[Image: xwKN3vc.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uJG53PvhnA8W55Vx7Vqty0xaH5ZGwLRgP2LgzrRCbSYMD5vAZj5cfJybEXsfXXQ5isbNQKu7GH7nFNL2CvSB0lzw=s0-d)
Open CMD and type the following:![[Image: JqNyGU0.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tSnXp08u3qINt5Kv3OdqePp5DiZnbq2_slkRMH9QkekW_mSI4uPu1Kf2Ni_3tjyoeAKaKBxK4bVvBhWbmW3EFPsg=s0-d)
1. To Create CON Folder:
![[Image: 5JCmIqT.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_u3BykCUHktf7DmXu0hTjYf4bgQZsQHPUfNdZg5OZrLCaZBmAHGDHSdTwE6n1GBEWjs9sVOSb-k0WEqJEhXHq8r6A=s0-d)
2. To Create PRN Folder:
![[Image: 0tTwrX8.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_u3No00-cdzQ6LVeHEWXBg2SEoWkLAJDvjRJV5OoKegvXrOHwRhYn7A58zW27O2SOVuKSQ8nnAyxv7GG-bF0b-LpA=s0-d)
3. To Create LPT1 Folder:
![[Image: Db05YXE.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tMy0EuvM9e7m0Bkl9Sl5yGpqsKUIrvOHL-_5OP2HmKL0QZEhZHpUvhOnBh1je4xguusqKG6N2TSRgbBljFC_oaXQ=s0-d)
Reason behind this creating concept is
We used Universal Naming Convention (UNC) Path concept
\\server\share\file_path
Not only CON but also we cant create a folder with many words like PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, 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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