Reason:
Not only CON but also we cant create a folder with many words like PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL , COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5,COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9 .
This are reserved keywords used by DOS.
These folders are already existing folders so when you try to create these folders then windows gets confused because of ambiguity.
Can create:
Note: Am using Local disk F.![[Image: xwKN3vc.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_skXKCWW7yet2iZFQirF4DmLOy-RKna_IUG60mGGINbEaNqhU7tKeu_ESeNQDNDpHVzjL4nFALLUtPge7AGAGnIlQ=s0-d)
Open CMD and type the following:![[Image: JqNyGU0.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uIN8KUJmTF_hspAckOUXJkVyZ-37_j1KvDnipNghJLy4pqdg2yFHZES0IaTLUzmtaxbDfdWYJizQlxakfM11co8Q=s0-d)
1. To Create CON Folder:
![[Image: 5JCmIqT.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uVj90UdzAwL9Fk5l2_wjwdq91V-uQiUd2daVTpCim7d_o6bpzKnWI-6ralBexuNoHQJNnZ1ntxc0sD0KJgk8XYJQ=s0-d)
2. To Create PRN Folder:
![[Image: 0tTwrX8.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uKSyQHng2GZ9L8reEd_c-8jAvlQlKhHuPLR6OrfJ11pb-VxLI3DtMEK3G_Po-dAMW0e9bSNu1TyWr-BaqlMDXqzw=s0-d)
3. To Create LPT1 Folder:
![[Image: Db05YXE.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_twcIh0VqrcmcTYGJLPTjkUUdBeMN-Xy3fPRMcp-d35x0oQFz2K1W6ZZUb4zcIxIXLTk9nAPqb8H9f91akFBDk6hw=s0-d)
Reason behind this creating concept is
We used Universal Naming Convention (UNC) Path concept
\\server\share\file_path
Not only CON but also we cant create a folder with many words like PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, 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:\CON
2. To Create PRN Folder:
Code:
MD\\.\F:\PRN
3. To Create LPT1 Folder:
Code:
MD\\.\F:\LPT1
Reason behind this creating concept is
We used Universal Naming Convention (UNC) Path concept
\\server\share\file_path
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