Reason:
Not only CON but also we cant create a folder with many words like PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL , COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5,COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9 .
This are reserved keywords used by DOS.
These folders are already existing folders so when you try to create these folders then windows gets confused because of ambiguity.
Can create:
Note: Am using Local disk F.![[Image: xwKN3vc.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sLMwRT0-f4UrLFzdH9j3sC2VzsEcQXzJpdA70AEV39SC8YH1YSzMb793jSILQfzc6ZQhZFu_8BbV_cLFOvXn7CNg=s0-d)
Open CMD and type the following:![[Image: JqNyGU0.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sWy1ErquPbumqxeqaMwzP4Ixit4SmzB0UYMVEXlR4unjj7aHBPthzqO8CjNUAPfNFdAdkonxiGNJYUlv39X6Al7w=s0-d)
1. To Create CON Folder:
![[Image: 5JCmIqT.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_ugHKJ0O4RX6jGarjN0TmLvZVihyLn0YnZjaEL120o0co4gRN6G4Mwx7pU7uc3ozi4xDGt2M7pmhsgXB8wrv8QXgQ=s0-d)
2. To Create PRN Folder:
![[Image: 0tTwrX8.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tJSs5mlXgsTunK5g05D8vyRQncfj8rLFQoLWqm0Ckf3glT7Unfgnn_qTlLMdGrUI0i9BNQ59ayqvN2MEbVSpU9dw=s0-d)
3. To Create LPT1 Folder:
![[Image: Db05YXE.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sR9OZ_0w37slVxGK-betiH7X69kFsSGKAdGjFLvAUaGAqhBTSbNzefbe92Rb1o64TWAXSxnOVwWDmeIoTn2UcHhg=s0-d)
Reason behind this creating concept is
We used Universal Naming Convention (UNC) Path concept
\\server\share\file_path
Not only CON but also we cant create a folder with many words like PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, 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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