can u name it????

[~Phenom~]

hi friends,

recently, i found out one strange thing in PCs.

I created a new folder and wanted to name it as "contest" but accidently pressed enter just after writing "con" and to my surprise , the folder didnt get renamed as con , rather it turned back to" new folder " .

i tried it again and again but i couldnt name that folder as "con"

i tried it on many computers having XP installed but same result.

i wanna know , why this happens??

its really strange.

please tell me the reason and solution

[anandk]

u r right. same result here.
dont no y.
but i guess ur find can b classified as 'original'.

[Choto Cheeta]

humm... right..... i also can creat any folder named con.... at any were....

may be because in the command promt rather known as dos command there is a copy "con" command.... may be this is dew to that....

but i am not sure atll.... wait for others.....

[djmykey]

Nice find dood didnt believe it but tried it and was :O wow man didnt know something like this would have been there in XP

[mohit]

not working on my sys also ... have u tried it in win 98 ? anybody with win98 plz check it out. and this is an interesting piece of info... this shud in the next months "take a crack - make a folder named con in xp" ....lol.

same results in mine xp also, Bye the way great find rajrulesdear.

[expertno.1]

hmmmmm. it seems a bug or soething else in xp

just upgrade your xp to sp2 and then try

[Choto Cheeta]

just upgrade your xp to sp2 and then try

same result.... cant be named as CON

[mohit]

Originally Posted by expertno.1

hmmmmm. it seems a bug or soething else in xp

just upgrade your xp to sp2 and then try

i am already using xp sp 2 with all latest updates and still cannot do it.

[Choto Cheeta]

talk about finding na.... see what i have came up with..... try this names... they wont wokr also...

CLOCK$
AUX
COM!
COMn
LPT1
PRN
NUL
CONFIG$

why not.... as they are reserved words used for DOS Devices.....

CLOCK$ => System clock
CON => Console; combination of keyboard and screen to handle input and output
AUX or COM1 => First serial communicationport
COMn => Second, Third, ... communicationport
LPT1 or PRN => First parallel port
NUL => Dummy port, or the "null device" which we all know under Linux as /dev/null.
CONFIG$ => Unknown

[sahil_blues]

Originally Posted by saurav_cheeta

try this names... they wont wokr also...

CLOCK$
AUX
COM!
COMn
LPT1
PRN
NUL
CONFIG$

ok.....now u killed all the fun!!!

[Choto Cheeta]

well i have edited my post with some answer.... what i know... may be i am wrong.... correct me if i am......

[Choto Cheeta]

Originally Posted by Sahil

ok.....now u killed all the fun!!!

why mate.... i think the fun just have begain.... try, try & try more to find more of this.... thats how the funs begains... isnt it... lol....

[rajkumar_personal]

WOW !!!

Great find ppl
Way 2 go !!

We need more of these !

[q3_abhi]

saurav_cheeta - a great Discovery.
Ur really gr8.

[rajas]

I was able to name a folder CLOCK$ it worked for me. the rest didnt work. Saurav watch out.

This is what Microsoft have to say Regarding File Names in Windows XP Professional

Whackroony.
Same here. I think it is a big easter egg from microsoft.
But its funny too.

[~Phenom~]

well thanks guys for such good response

and the link provided by rajas answered my question

now , i know con is reserved system name , hence it cant be used to name a folder or file

thanx rajas

[Choto Cheeta]

Originally Posted by rajas

I was able to name a folder CLOCK$ it worked for me. the rest didnt work. Saurav watch out.

This is what Microsoft have to say Regarding File Names in Windows XP Professional

watch out what?? as u found it on the web.... & i found it on the WINXP guide book came with my winXP corporate edition..... so thats why i cant give the link for the source....

[Charley]

Originally Posted by mohit

not working on my sys also ... have u tried it in win 98 ? anybody with win98 plz check it out. and this is an interesting piece of info... this shud in the next months "take a crack - make a folder named con in xp" ....lol.

No prob wit Win98. Can create it.

[dikudik]

Hi, everybody

"Con" is A Reserverd Word in Dos as normally if u want to create A Text File in Dos we used command like Copy con <Filename.Ext" so Con is reserved word so u cant create a folder or file name with the same name.
So I think is this the only reason why u all were unable to create Folder called "Con"

Ok
Take care all of u
Bye
Dont Worry Be happy

[abhishekkulkarni]

No problem with Windows Server Edition 2003.It was able to create a folder named "con".

[shwetanshu]

Originally Posted by rajas

I was able to name a folder CLOCK$ it worked for me. the rest didnt work. Saurav watch out.

This is what Microsoft have to say Regarding File Names in Windows XP Professional

same here for me

[anomit]

Originally Posted by saurav_cheeta

talk about finding na.... see what i have came up with..... try this names... they wont wokr also...

CLOCK$
AUX
COM!
COMn
LPT1
PRN
NUL
CONFIG$

why not.... as they are reserved words used for DOS Devices.....

CLOCK$ => System clock
CON => Console; combination of keyboard and screen to handle input and output
AUX or COM1 => First serial communicationport
COMn => Second, Third, ... communicationport
LPT1 or PRN => First parallel port
NUL => Dummy port, or the "null device" which we all know under Linux as /dev/null.
CONFIG$ => Unknown

Quite old trick,man. These were present in the IO.SYS file in MS-DOS and Win 98 still supports real time MS-DOS environment.

Actually, there is an old trick to BSOD windows using these path strings. Should I tell or not? Your command.

[anomit]

Ok, to workaround make sure you dot wanna run any old DOS programs which may be using these devices.
Find the file ntio.sys and open it from DOS prompt with the command:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\EDIT ntio.sys /70

Or you can hexedit the file with HexEditor v2.3. Locate the strings COM,CON etc. and change their HEX values to null. This would be much easier.

Rename anything you find like CON,LPT,COMn etc. etc. to what you wish.

CAUTION I dont think you would be able to type anything in the DOS prompt after this. So backup this file first and then proceed. I wont be responsible for anything.

[Ashish]

mohit wrote:
not working on my sys also ... have u tried it in win 98 ? anybody with win98 plz check it out. and this is an interesting piece of info... this shud in the next months "take a crack - make a folder named con in xp" ....lol.


No prob wit Win98. Can create it.

I also have win98, i wasn't able to rename any folder with the given names.
How were u able to rename @dataone.

[Choto Cheeta]

Originally Posted by anomit

Ok, to workaround make sure you dot wanna run any old DOS programs which may be using these devices.
Find the file ntio.sys and open it from DOS prompt with the command:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\EDIT ntio.sys /70

Or you can hexedit the file with HexEditor v2.3. Locate the strings COM,CON etc. and change their HEX values to null. This would be much easier.

Rename anything you find like CON,LPT,COMn etc. etc. to what you wish.

CAUTION I dont think you would be able to type anything in the DOS prompt after this. So backup this file first and then proceed. I wont be responsible for anything.

well yes this is a work around.... work around to creat more problem....

[anomit]

Well man, I gave this workaround to show how can it be done and where these strings are located, not to make life easier for anyone.