Con Named Folder

SamiFX

Aug 25 2007, 01:56 PM

Hello all,
try to create a new folder and rename it to 'con'
I've tried to do that but it won't name it with this name... anyone here knows why?

I want a folder with 'con' name

ZPGames

Aug 25 2007, 03:28 PM

Well, there are certain names that Windows won't let you rename to certain names, con is one of them, com1 and com2, are a couple of others and I can't remember the rest. It's just another one of Windows little quirks that users have to deal with on a daily basis.

jlhaslip

Aug 25 2007, 03:52 PM

It has to do with the backwards compatibility of the Windows Operating System.
"con", "com1", etc are reserved words left over from the days of MS-DOS, so they are still not available.

Remember that "Windows" is simply a shell that uses the MS-DOS "kernel" (don't know if that is the corrct term

), so lots of times when you click a mouse to do something, the Operating System actually uses low-level coding to perform the task. Even though you can't see it happening, the Operating System is actually running MS-DOS behind the scene, so the folder or filename you select must still meet the MS-DOS restrictions.

mc05w37

Oct 19 2007, 05:55 PM

well con is for console. it's a primitive machine language which has something to do with the kernel.

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