Can someone tell me how a folder with name “con” can be created on any operating system of Microsoft?

in the command prompt, type: mkdir \\.\c:\con u ll find in the C directory dont keep this file, to delete it, go back to the command prompt and type: rmdir \\.\c:\con u can do the same with folders: lpt1, com1..

you can't. give up.

hey i think it is a system directory which u can't create in windows, u need to create in linux

This actually is a unix-like feature. DOS device drivers are accessible like normal files, i.e. the everything-is-a-file philosophy. CON is the equivalent of /dev/tty, NUL of /dev/null, COM# of /dev/ttyS#, LPT# of /dev/lp# and CLOCK$ corresponds to /dev/rtc (PRN is an alias to LPT1, AUX is COM1). Every character device can be opened this way, block devices (which are assumed to be FAT formatted...) are named A: to Z:, as you will know. Many pseudo character devices (drivers which had to be loaded as drivers but were no character devices, like EMM386, HIMEM.SYS, ..) had forbidden characters like '*' in their device names to be hidden from the user. If you really want to create a folder like that, follow these steps: 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" Enjoy

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there's no way u can make a folder named "con" in windows!! the developers of windows seem 2 hv put in this bug themselves! n no version of windows has got it rectified! there r quite sum more....... type in =rand(200, 99) in MS Word n press enter, see what happens! flight Q33 NY crashed into WTC huh? type in Q33 NY in MS Word n change the font to Wingdings....see what happens!