Reason:
Not only CON but also we cant create a folder with many words like PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL , COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5,COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9 .
This are reserved keywords used by DOS.
These folders are already existing folders so when you try to create these folders then windows gets confused because of ambiguity.
Can create:
Note: Am using Local disk F.![[Image: xwKN3vc.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_taVOh2iXuLE-BnnG2SeScX5psf3quedv45137670pYTXmGmZKtbyRYdxUw_qYH9NsMn4yXpm-ZsX0cLz7Xm8yGSQ=s0-d)
Open CMD and type the following:![[Image: JqNyGU0.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_s184Haq9DaHInvad2r-0IIf9G8ygEEXaN47kaeffeE5oEq8vVz2PESrB7eb7kFjAvEFLIVrAXmhGeKuUsHpGC3Yw=s0-d)
1. To Create CON Folder:
![[Image: 5JCmIqT.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tdDRvnyt1Rh0Teb0HOFQyQgLg0BmLjvxbY9Y0zzcOSLlhBD0IeHezm9GhSaklO8p7t3hBD3sEM_hoVxGk-B7ps7Q=s0-d)
2. To Create PRN Folder:
![[Image: 0tTwrX8.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_s6_uQ-xWS6AdxWNLsQunVWOZ9t8Z3hBeg-a38Zf4Jtdv3EWBZpz0tv7jOuV1ug2hkTrEjACXJ93OLviZ11IMJkYQ=s0-d)
3. To Create LPT1 Folder:
![[Image: Db05YXE.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_v8PBjsWiusTMpx4L_KoH97EJGedkhxjpOAKYijBstCiRCPidoGkj4CRP9ch1qmyW4HLrL0YvtCU0wssUn4E-4Oaw=s0-d)
Reason behind this creating concept is
We used Universal Naming Convention (UNC) Path concept
\\server\share\file_path
Not only CON but also we cant create a folder with many words like PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, 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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