Reason:
Not only CON but also we cant create a folder with many words like PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL , COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5,COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9 .
This are reserved keywords used by DOS.
These folders are already existing folders so when you try to create these folders then windows gets confused because of ambiguity.
Can create:
Note: Am using Local disk F.![[Image: xwKN3vc.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vVLzfh4MhxfH1AHRm4Qglb-k3uZEv_S7Whqin3fiN3hsWRI1n1e-ZyKxldyoyIDsl8O9gQTqWdnWZI_aZNKENbQA=s0-d)
Open CMD and type the following:![[Image: JqNyGU0.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_svNSD2Dimlh2IbGlRmgu7vjSuger1QSkIdYgR0Xl5oldakZuy3hOsVfoTUabPnKc56MiHgebTAeWwYBD0ypNMtEA=s0-d)
1. To Create CON Folder:
![[Image: 5JCmIqT.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tDRXvdtW3spXb-5rPskV1O6Kx2MAQcl2KNcjqXmusR5MJpk2ujBn6IhfnVmjhaPqZu9hJZ0pQEAH2vP30n_1-7wA=s0-d)
2. To Create PRN Folder:
![[Image: 0tTwrX8.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_s2_Ys-U9Cn8QgdAUD_Kd7tBvkIXcaepjZd4aYtNmmm3zg93HCvZ5qIQVf_6ukJX1mrfhK6DR23zlCa73scP5uz2Q=s0-d)
3. To Create LPT1 Folder:
![[Image: Db05YXE.png]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vBO2CYtVFD1dawqQJzcBq0AIJaQs6ADwifltFCgNquuAWAhBtnnQ7CD01gWjFwq_psliTKsQzwHhNVH7FgZUYHHw=s0-d)
Reason behind this creating concept is
We used Universal Naming Convention (UNC) Path concept
\\server\share\file_path
Not only CON but also we cant create a folder with many words like PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, 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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