Can you create a folder / file named "con" in windows.

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Go in any folder or desktop and create a new folder now
try to rename it to con. You will not be able to do it.

Is this because we are using the same old copy tech as
copy con con which will not happen. ????
 
CON is a reserved device name. So are AUX, COM1-COM9, LPT1-LPT9, NUL, and
PRN. I might be forgetting a couple of them. They can't be used as file
names.
 
Screwed around and made a \nul directory once upon a time.
Went thru hell getting rid of it....

CON is a reserved device name. So are AUX, COM1-COM9, LPT1-LPT9, NUL, and
PRN. I might be forgetting a couple of them. They can't be used as file
names.
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rajul mishra said:
Go in any folder or desktop and create a new folder now
try to rename it to con. You will not be able to do it.

Is this because we are using the same old copy tech as
copy con con which will not happen. ????
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