There are number of reserved keyword in DOS like CON, PRN, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, LPT9, NUL and some more. Now if try to create a New Folder and give it a name from these keyword, Windows will show you an error and just cancels your request. You can try anything to create folder with these type of names but you won’t succeed. But here is a way out. I will show you two ways to create these kind of folders.
Instructions:
- Using Command Prompt
- Open Command Prompt either by going to start menu and in typing cmd in search box or by first opening “Run” Dialogue by using shortcut “Windows Logo + R” then typing cmd there and hitting Enter key.
- In the Command Prompt Window type the following command there
md \\.\d:\con - Hit Enter. It will create a CON folder for you in D:\ drive. You can confirm this by opening that drive
- Using Naming Conventions
- You can create CON folder, first by creating a New Folder.
- Now Rename it to
con(alt+255)i.e first enter con, then by holding alt key type 255 from your numpad. - This will rename the folder to con + extra white space. Hit Enter key and you will be having a CON folder in your PC.
- Note: you can’t just use space key to enter a white space after the word con as windows will trim all the leading white spaces.
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- how to create con folder in windows 7 (11)
Both Methods not Working in Windows 7 (64-bit)
first open cmd. after this you just type…………..
first type mkdir then space and type \con\ and hit enter………
and see in your c drives…………………..
the con folder is there……………..
Hi frnd wt u hv 2 do is “first of all create a newfolder on ur desktop or sumwhere els,then re name it as con and by holding alt key type255 with ur num pad(note:255 will not visible to us) now press enter.a con folder will be created
To make: Go to “CMD”
Enter the following command:
md\\.\\c:\\con
To remove enter the following command:
rd\\.\\c:\\con
But it is useless folder. You can neither store any data in it nor delete it directly in explorer.
Both the techniques works fine for me. Just try to open Command Prompt by right clicking on it, then choosing “Run As Administrator”. Because it may be possible that your account doesn’t have privileges to create folders in that directory where you are trying to create this folder.
And about second method, you must type “255″ from your numpad only and you should hold “Alt” key at time of typing “255″.
Yes, you can’t delete the CON folder directly which you had created using Command Prompt, but you can delete CON folder created by just renaming other folder. Also you can store and delete your data from both the folders.
Hi all please be informed this way is so easy to do rename folder by CON the see blow Steps:
1-create new folder.
2-Right click on folder, go to rename and write CON.
3-before enter or do anything do Right click again on the CON name.
4-choose insert Unicode control char. and choose one of them.
5-and it’s complete..
Good luck..