Saturday, May 21, 2011

Can you create a folder named CON in Windows XP ?


Hello every one!
How are you today ?, I did not write because I make a change in the template I hope you like it.

trick of the day maybe it famouse but unknown to many people.

  
1 - Create a new folder


right click - New - Folder

2 - Give it this name :

con

3 - Press OK 


you can't

you know why?
this word & many characters are reserved by Windows system,they can't be used as a name of file.
Other reserved names are:
CON, PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, ,LPT9

But, you can naming a folder by these words!


1 - create a new folder

2 - press:

Alt+0160


3 - then write con

4 - press ok

You have succeeded!

Now go and challenge your friends, you know the trick.

 

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

yes it worked, thanks

GH . Abdou said...

I hope that you enjoyed, Thanks!

Unknown said...

I KNOW UPTO CREATING FOLDER WITHOUT NAME... AFTER THAT JUST NOW ... ITS AWESOME MANNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

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