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.

 

[vishal_bhatia87]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[Ashwin Saxena]

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]

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]

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.