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can't name a folder "con" or "lpt1"

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club_pranay
club_pranay Original post #1
Nov 23, 2005 at 2:31 PM
recently i came across the face that we cannot name a folder with "con" "lpt1" is this a bug in windows?
i tried this on 98SE, XP home and Pro, 2000, ME. no use.
S
sakumar79 #2
Nov 23, 2005 at 3:14 PM
Already discussed

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30333
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30193

Reporting it.
Arun