Windows easter egg?

[ackers]

Just found out that you can't make a folder in Microsoft Windows named 'con'. Weird....... I wonder why

/endsarcasm

 

[Salamantis]

Ha, in Macs you can! Another advantage of a Macintosh: more folder name possibilities!

 

[azotyp]

 Just found out that you can't make a folder in Microsoft Windows named 'con'. Weird....... I wonder why

/endsarcasm

I dissagree

It was made in Win XP SP2

 

[Maktub]

I dun get it.
Maybe Mr. Kernel is French?

 

[Jackreyes]

he means con without the ' s

and its true...
I wonder why...

 

[azotyp]

haha its true

 

[IceFreak2000]

It's because CON is a reserved device name, which goes back to the dark old days of MS-DOS. Likewise, you can't create folders called PRN, AUX, NUL, LPT1 etc. There's absolutely no mystery to this.

 

[arctic_flame]

Try making a folder called '(?)'

 

[ackers]

It's because CON is a reserved device name, which goes back to the dark old days of MS-DOS. Likewise, you can't create folders called PRN, AUX, NUL, LPT1 etc. There's absolutely no mystery to this.

Ohhh that would explain it

You kinda ruined the mystery...

 

[coolbho3000]

http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/...0/22/55388.aspx

 

[jgu1994]

Damn, no folder named prn? Where will all my pron go than