MGadAllah Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 a very strang thing happenedthere no chance to creat any folder and name it CONtry itlolI think even MS do not know why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DL. Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 That's old stuff, has already been mentioned in some posts.Search and you will find more info on the subject... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jondercik Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 you cant do this because it is the name of a device Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGadAllah Posted September 20, 2006 Author Share Posted September 20, 2006 ThanksI need to be updatedI will search before posting from now onlol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bader15 Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Hiyou can do it Brother mgadallahsee the picture My Regard . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGadAllah Posted September 21, 2006 Author Share Posted September 21, 2006 HOW did you did it?Hiyou can do it Brother mgadallahsee the picture My Regard . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctrl-X Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Let me guess: by adding an ASCII 255 character to the name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGadAllah Posted September 22, 2006 Author Share Posted September 22, 2006 adding an ASCII 255 character to the name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdoe Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 adding an ASCII 255 character to the name? Type con and alt+255 to get characters by their number (not only for ASCII but for UNICODE either)----------------------------Reserved device nameCON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, LPT9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 First time I hear about this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 HOW did you did it?Hiyou can do it Brother mgadallahsee the picture My Regard . . .mspaint.exe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdoe Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 First time I hear about this... Read this...Naming a File Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jftuga Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 "con" is short for console, which under Windows is a device name. "nul" is another device name. "Con" reads input from the keyboard and "nul" can be used to redirect output into nothing or can be used to create a zero length file.Examples:C:\> type con > test.txt ( you can also use copy con test.txt )thisis a 3 line test^Z (this means press ctrl-Z on a line by itself)C:\>now pull up test.txt in notepad and you will see the 3 lines that you typed in.C:\> dir > nul (notice nothing happens, this is because the output was redirected into nothingness C:\> type nul > test.txtC:\ dir test.txt (this creates a file, test.txt, that has a length of zero bytes)The Alt-255 trick mentioned above is not as cool as it used to be under Windows 98. You could create a folder from the command prompt by typing:mkdir test<alt-255> which means to type the word test and then hold the alt key and press 255 on the keypad. The cursor would advance one space over to the right. A folder named "abc<alt-255>def" would like "abc def". The Win 98 My Computer program could not navigate into these directories. They were only accessible from the command prompt by using "cd abc<alt-255>def". Windows XP's My Computer as well as the tab-completion feature of the command-prompt have no problem with these folder names.-John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGadAllah Posted September 22, 2006 Author Share Posted September 22, 2006 HOW did you did it?Hiyou can do it Brother mgadallahsee the picture My Regard . . .mspaint.exe? NO...It did works Alt + 255thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
585Soft Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Also you can try to create folders: COM1, COM2, LPT1, LPT2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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