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Folders that cannot be renamed in In WNDOWS XP

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BET YOU DID NOT KNOW THESE!!!..anyways enjoy guys

Folder names that u cant creat in WINDOWS

Yon can not creat any folder named "prn" or "con" in any verson of dos or windows because prn addressed to printer and con is addressed to console. In fact the following reserved device names cannot be used as the name of a file:

CON, PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4,
COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4,
LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9

Monday, May 28, 2007 2:20 PM

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i knew it.
but Mr with lit bit thinking you can create them.
even i did.

Monday, May 28, 2007 2:27 PM
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Am with Sunil. Its really possible to create those folders using tweaks. You need to use special Alt sequences to create folders with the name specified in the list.

Monday, May 28, 2007 6:53 PM
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@ Sanket and Sunil - Then please teach us the method how to create folders with names such as CON ,etc..

Tuesday, May 29, 2007 4:08 AM
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You can get the answer to this query at this thread:

http://forums.microsoft.com/SamVaad/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1656850&SiteID=43

Hope u find it helpful and please don't forget to mark the posts.

Tuesday, May 29, 2007 7:17 AM