22-12-2005, 08:14 PM
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Traceur
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No one in this universe can make a ' con ' folder!!!
Hey I have heard that no one can make a folder named con in windows, dont know abt linuxs.
And also heard that Bill Gates has announced some heavy money for the one who does it!!! 
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22-12-2005, 08:32 PM
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Walking, since 2004.
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i live in this universe and i can make a folder named con 
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22-12-2005, 08:33 PM
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Unlocked the thread. The old thread has been lost due to the prunning of the In General Section. Thanks to zegulas for pointing that out.
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22-12-2005, 08:50 PM
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Traceur
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Originally Posted by mail2and
i live in this universe and i can make a folder named con |
ok dude then tell us how to do it! 8)  
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22-12-2005, 08:53 PM
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Same here! Even i can make a con folder!
goto command prompt, type in prompt "mkdir \\.\c:\con"
to delete folder, "rmdir \\.\c:\con"
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22-12-2005, 09:29 PM
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Even I know the last one method...
Now Where I can get money from billy...
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Whats that.
Is it some kind of frog.. turr turr turrr...
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22-12-2005, 10:15 PM
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ok, now i know u guys can make a folder named CON, but wats the logic behind all this:  :roll: 
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22-12-2005, 10:16 PM
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Re: No one in this universe can make a ' con ' folder!!!
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Hey I have heard that no one can make a folder named con in windows, dont know abt linuxs.
And also heard that Bill Gates has announced some heavy money for the one who does it!!! |
Over Excited
This is digit and techo minds reside in here 
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22-12-2005, 10:20 PM
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ok, now i know u guys can make a folder named CON, but wats the logic behind all this: :roll: |
YOU started the topic!!! You tell us!!
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22-12-2005, 10:21 PM
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YOU started the topic!!! You tell us!!
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22-12-2005, 10:28 PM
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Traceur
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I think u guys dont get me, wat i mean to say is that, why cant we just make a folder named con (using normal method, right click and make new folder and name it)???
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22-12-2005, 10:28 PM
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Ok, actually if you really need information about why its not allowed, here goes... Actually, there used to be some reserved names in DOS, because they were commands or device names in DOS. (CON refers to console, or the keyboard). Some other reserved names: CON, AUX, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, PRN, NUL.
And if u wanna know about how the command i gave overcomes this problem, check here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Univers...ing_Convention
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23-12-2005, 12:07 AM
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Originally Posted by kalpik
Same here! Even i can make a con folder!
goto command prompt, type in prompt "mkdir \\.\c:\con"
to delete folder, "rmdir \\.\c:\con"
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Gud enlightenment 2 me
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23-12-2005, 01:04 AM
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23-12-2005, 09:04 AM
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@adi87: My pleasure!
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23-12-2005, 12:37 PM
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I think u guys dont get me, wat i mean to say is that, why cant we just make a folder named con (using normal method, right click and make new folder and name it)???
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con stands for console i.e. display. It is an existing device in Windows. That is why you can't make it with normal methods.
Try this command in command prompt
copy con myfile.txt
Type a few things and hit F6 or Ctrl+Z. All that you typed will become the content of myfile.txt. This is the usual copy command whose syntax is
copy file1 file2
Se here, file1 is what is on console i.e. con
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23-12-2005, 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by mail2and
i live in this universe and i can make a folder named con |
ok dude then tell us how to do it! 8)
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From Applications/Utilities/Terminal "mkdir con"
Otherwise, right click.. click on "new folder" and name it
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23-12-2005, 01:51 PM
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^^ renaming the new folder does not work...
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23-12-2005, 02:17 PM
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You started the same old topic the world had discussed,,and bored....even in digit as mod tolds....so now another question also someone will ask like
"No one in this universe can make a ' LPT ' folder!!!" 
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24-12-2005, 12:38 AM
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Originally Posted by mail2and
i live in this universe and i can make a folder named con |
ok dude then tell us how to do it! 8)
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From Applications/Utilities/Terminal "mkdir con"
Otherwise, right click.. click on "new folder" and name it
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^^ renaming the new folder does not work...
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06-02-2006, 08:15 PM
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ha ha
here is the way baby !!!!!
STEP1: goto command prompt
STEP2: type in prompt e:\> "mkdir \\.\e:\con"
STEP3: verify by typing "dir \\.\e:\con"
STEP4: delete the file or folder "rmdir \\.\e:\con"
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07-02-2006, 10:31 AM
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You started the same old topic the world had discussed,,and bored....even in digit as mod tolds....so now another question also someone will ask like
"No one in this universe can make a ' LPT ' folder!!!" |
I was able to make the folder named LPT in Windows directly
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07-02-2006, 02:34 PM
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Reply
@Ramprasad
Hey Ramu Prakash was just joking, u failed to understand it.
@ Zegulas
U know 1 thing it was an Indian who discovered it ( CON CANT BE CREATED).
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20-02-2006, 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by muthusrinivasan
ha ha
here is the way baby !!!!!
STEP1: goto command prompt
STEP2: type in prompt e:\> "mkdir \\.\e:\con"
STEP3: verify by typing "dir \\.\e:\con"
STEP4: delete the file or folder "rmdir \\.\e:\con"
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i couldnt get it, can xplain it clearly???
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30-06-2008, 01:27 PM
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Re: No one in this universe can make a ' con ' folder!!!
Here's another method I thought I'd drop by.
Right click>New>Folder
type: con
and then select the ALT key
and at the same time on the NUMBERPAD type 255 (With the ALT key selected)
And there is con!!!
Have fun!!!
no need for cmd!!!
Now does anyone know how to delete the folder? It's on the desktop for me and I couldn't use cmd it just wouldn't work
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30-06-2008, 01:38 PM
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Re: No one in this universe can make a ' con ' folder!!!
nice idea bumping a 2 year old thread for a first post 
nyway, I just right click, new folder and name it as con. 100% no issues. 
this thread title is just a FUD.
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30-06-2008, 03:33 PM
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Re: No one in this universe can make a ' con ' folder!!!
i read it somewhere that this happens because of UNC.
1 more thing u can also try out with other file names like prn,com1 to com9,etc
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01-07-2008, 04:14 PM
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Re: No one in this universe can make a ' con ' folder!!!
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i read it somewhere that this happens because of UNC.
1 more thing u can also try out with other file names like prn,com1 to com9,etc |
all work. no issues.
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01-07-2008, 05:06 PM
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Re: No one in this universe can make a ' con ' folder!!!
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01-07-2008, 05:53 PM
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Re: No one in this universe can make a ' con ' folder!!!
computer41: Your method actually will have a "space" after con.. so it will be "con " and not "con" so that doesn't count.
Metalhead: Renaming does not work on windows.
Anyway.. this has been discussed to death many times.
Topic locked.
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