Reason:
Not only CON but also we cant create a folder with many words like PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL , COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5,COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9 .
This are reserved keywords used by DOS.
These folders are already existing folders so when you try to create these folders then windows gets confused because of ambiguity.
Can create:
Note: Am using Local disk F.![[Image: xwKN3vc.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sCbyKW2T6Vt53LhwcmKFSroi6XO5HFAIzBLnvfO3fC43RJ239Jw_LMvBXZZAPt6I-6M6nyN9ksI8YPR-dIBLcKpA=s0-d)
Open CMD and type the following:![[Image: JqNyGU0.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_v2t3L0y-evlHfF5j1k6L433Gf3H-n1oWpjMj6STIsfF0_gvW9Tq-p1nzS6OMLolWYxW-LKeatWISHqx_ZvzwJvFA=s0-d)
1. To Create CON Folder:
![[Image: 5JCmIqT.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_u_sfLBPohmPTwKh3VWUDEVgBa0TVtmnSco566H3FaMqfrKr3m_ErEITxggiSEMfrye5v1Vg0g6GikvhJnyKHZeug=s0-d)
2. To Create PRN Folder:
![[Image: 0tTwrX8.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sJe0iA3Pm1Px8pPmPlrFj6hi5M8jAT7jYRK12VWK0hs6UUCme72Tmc3hygz-PhopoqbuJw_F3Nb2K0dn-_XKs5aw=s0-d)
3. To Create LPT1 Folder:
![[Image: Db05YXE.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sZpzbVyVCtlLpCq62098JaFZ-8vTBvc00Q4aCX-P_aHnzfD8kpL5RM9IbjYPDThcDYVSJzr10YsHj7Bti3MDDSkg=s0-d)
Reason behind this creating concept is
We used Universal Naming Convention (UNC) Path concept
\\server\share\file_path
Not only CON but also we cant create a folder with many words like PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, 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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