Create this folder in windows !!!

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Create this folder in windows !!!

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karuna
Aged Yak Warrior

582 Posts

Posted - 2005-11-21 : 10:49:20

Have any body tried to create a folder by name con in windows?

Try it and see !!!

Thanks

Karunakaran

spirit1
Cybernetic Yak Master

11752 Posts

Posted - 2005-11-21 : 11:08:43

gives an error that it can't be created.
what's the catch?

Go with the flow & have fun! Else fight the flow

karuna
Aged Yak Warrior

582 Posts

Posted - 2005-11-21 : 11:16:13

quote:
Originally posted by spirit1

gives an error that it can't be created.
what's the catch?

Go with the flow & have fun! Else fight the flow

Frankly, I too dont know ! One of my friend told me you cant create a folder called con anywhere in windows

You get an error? I didnt get any error, but if I rename the folder to con it always reverts back to the old name of the folder.

Thanks

Karunakaran

spirit1
Cybernetic Yak Master

11752 Posts

Posted - 2005-11-21 : 11:26:01

in windows explorer yes.
but i use total commander and there it gives an error that it can't be created.
you can't create it in the windows folder.
anywhere else is ok

Go with the flow & have fun! Else fight the flow

Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)

7020 Posts

Posted - 2005-11-21 : 11:56:57

Guess you guys never used MS DOS.

CON is a reserved device name for the \\. pipe.

CODO ERGO SUM

spirit1
Cybernetic Yak Master

11752 Posts

Posted - 2005-11-21 : 12:34:25

LOL!
hell when dos 3.3 was out i was around 10 years old...

so then why only in windows folder?

Go with the flow & have fun! Else fight the flow

Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)

7020 Posts

Posted - 2005-11-21 : 14:03:48

Not sure what you mean by "only in windows folder".

I wan't able to create a directory anywhere named CON with Windows Explorer or from the windows command prompt. (Windows 2000, didn't try it with XP).

quote:
Originally posted by spirit1

LOL!
hell when dos 3.3 was out i was around 10 years old...

so then why only in windows folder?

Go with the flow & have fun! Else fight the flow

CODO ERGO SUM

spirit1
Cybernetic Yak Master

11752 Posts

Posted - 2005-11-21 : 14:05:34

ok i feel a bit ridicolous now...
i typed com and it looked like a con.
damn... someone conned me

Go with the flow & have fun! Else fight the flow

Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)

7020 Posts

Posted - 2005-11-21 : 17:19:13

People who used DOS usually know about CON.
There was a trick to creating a file on the fly from the command prompt using the COPY command with CON as the input file:


Y:\>copy CON my.txt
type in anything you want
type some more stuff
end with a control-Z
^Z
        1 file(s) copied.

Y:\>type my.txt
type in anything you want
type some more stuff
end with a control-Z

Y:\>

Don't get me started on the joy of editing text files with EDLIN. The EDLIN text editor is still there for those who enjoy using antique programs.

CODO ERGO SUM

Doug G
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

331 Posts

Posted - 2005-11-21 : 22:50:36

You can create folders with reserved names like con from code. Hackers do this to create "undeletable" folders on a hacked computer.

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Doug G
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karuna
Aged Yak Warrior

582 Posts

Posted - 2005-11-21 : 22:55:36

quote:
Originally posted by Michael Valentine Jones

Not sure what you mean by "only in windows folder".

I wan't able to create a directory anywhere named CON with Windows Explorer or from the windows command prompt. (Windows 2000, didn't try it with XP).

quote:
Originally posted by spirit1

LOL!
hell when dos 3.3 was out i was around 10 years old...

so then why only in windows folder?

Go with the flow & have fun! Else fight the flow

CODO ERGO SUM

I use XP, I couldn't create it XP...

Karunakaran

madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator

22864 Posts

Posted - 2005-11-22 : 01:18:13

quote:
Originally posted by karuna

Have any body tried to create a folder by name con in windows?

Try it and see !!!

Thanks

Karunakaran

Here is the reason
http://www.kbalertz.com/kb_279868.aspx

Madhivanan

Failing to plan is Planning to fail

The Enigma
Posting Yak Master

179 Posts

Posted - 2005-11-23 : 04:17:29

Ok ... try this on a command prompt...

mkdir \\.\c:\con

to remove use

rmdir \\.\c:\con

madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator

22864 Posts

Posted - 2005-11-23 : 04:31:08

Well. How does it work in command prompt?

Madhivanan

Failing to plan is Planning to fail

The Enigma
Posting Yak Master

179 Posts

Posted - 2005-11-23 : 05:04:37

The reason why you can do it is because you have bypassed the win32 api by using the \\.\ notation. Though, its not a good idea to be doing this

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