Reason:
Not only CON but also we cant create a folder with many words like PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL , COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5,COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9 .
This are reserved keywords used by DOS.
These folders are already existing folders so when you try to create these folders then windows gets confused because of ambiguity.
Can create:
Note: Am using Local disk F.![[Image: xwKN3vc.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_ubN3ojXNJElyUBof-urn5-rYAZkP7CN2WUa1MYGA9YfKeHpXlB77pqH3BsxL59eRGtfePdzhmuGcmS0lBjWUmzGg=s0-d)
Open CMD and type the following:![[Image: JqNyGU0.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_t_1jdK3EOTsyQzFJWO71Qv3_d8izimTt9hifs3hIZh-Wsp-mxuKis89jq-NURJ6gNRYXBbG7aaN-e5GvNJb7GvPg=s0-d)
1. To Create CON Folder:
![[Image: 5JCmIqT.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sH2R1y8bRXqQWHe2LRwfhJznGhGxdGBywZ0iHV5e2u7_PdFzLp-W0g5RS_ik0VH6ybLG_cSl8Vzar4vMHBMS1_5g=s0-d)
2. To Create PRN Folder:
![[Image: 0tTwrX8.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vRr5YxOrLLczHErBMQ_TrDyjBjH_itHvG6PEr59M0bTvuTZHP-VhoTviv7fL__3XzpPt9J0NFUBELpGa86SiIq6g=s0-d)
3. To Create LPT1 Folder:
![[Image: Db05YXE.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sV92Z-eNti9u3R8GzoyL4V2bsKWsFL7FzwWq7N3MCjCGKBTSlA-PMmFqE5iCiofg4h1rV4wJACCwZsHvdiML5kLg=s0-d)
Reason behind this creating concept is
We used Universal Naming Convention (UNC) Path concept
\\server\share\file_path
Not only CON but also we cant create a folder with many words like PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, 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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