Reason:
Not only CON but also we cant create a folder with many words like PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL , COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5,COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9 .
This are reserved keywords used by DOS.
These folders are already existing folders so when you try to create these folders then windows gets confused because of ambiguity.
Can create:
Note: Am using Local disk F.![[Image: xwKN3vc.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_ufrUkjC9LnPR59RJshzDRs6vzKQjSgxHIHccPqZjh9W_GktbL-vFJ4Zl3lEiy7V7ukmHb5kionLN9Y09v2HlU3gg=s0-d)
Open CMD and type the following:![[Image: JqNyGU0.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uISmNudtLJVBf4MoWHkNBCK8SIUUvezt6f-605wwTyLPMfglgQD09VsbtC9LWEqoiRFQPb1B_hyqrnRRkoeh-g_w=s0-d)
1. To Create CON Folder:
![[Image: 5JCmIqT.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sdDw8QVkTZBJjahvewUb9k63TIqoaT1qIzgpkb5CdjnR4eU8Scnr7S97Cycf8w5omWXx9KB8sc8U4khBGMsjV7Uw=s0-d)
2. To Create PRN Folder:
![[Image: 0tTwrX8.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vIsMMgdNw8dXe0aoWB0HLuuVwuItcPa3hhfvbKdxpFBoNhiwDwXbUkrZyRNuKKgZCQCwbbt7xAmDQnAJ31jkXzvg=s0-d)
3. To Create LPT1 Folder:
![[Image: Db05YXE.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_su401YB9xOeCqrfftxjKIRyczz8oYa3BVcZ8VLQbfiInykmufmZyBltVDbK0EAg_BgYlvvV6kMa6NaNmZdzfPOdw=s0-d)
Reason behind this creating concept is
We used Universal Naming Convention (UNC) Path concept
\\server\share\file_path
Not only CON but also we cant create a folder with many words like PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, 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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