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Unbelievable .... but true

An Indian discovered that nobody can create a FOLDER anywhere on the computer which can be named as "CON". This is something pretty
cool...and unbelievable... At Microsoft the whole Team, including Bill
Gates, couldn't answer why this happened!

TRY IT NOW! IT WILL NOT CREATE "CON " FOLDER
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Strrannnnnge........... I tried it, but couln't make it... why???
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concurred with Prieti........
i hav also tried but in vain............
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PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL, COM0, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT0, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9.

CON is not the only one. Try these too.
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I've also tried.
Well, it retained its name as new folder. Don't know y?????????
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It might be a reserved word or a system folder that already exists but not visible.
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PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL, COM0, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT0, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9.

CON is not the only one. Try these too.

whats the reason behind this?

does anyone know..............
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Because CON is a reserved word originally used with the DOS Mode command

eg if you start up a DOS window via typing command in the START > RUN window

And click on the button to full screen you can then type:

mode con cols=40 to make the width of the screen only 40 characters instead of the normal 80

mode con lines=50 to make the screen display 50 lines of text instead of the normal 25

mode con cols=80 lines=25 will get it back to normal

The CON refers to console.
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