Solved Having A Problem In Renaming A File

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Shadow King

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Jun 11, 2012
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Dear Members,

I Am Having A Problem It Not A Problem That Is Only Faced By Me I You Try this I Bet You Will Also Have The Same Problem :cool:

1. Make A New Folder

2. Rename That Folder

3. Name Folder as "CON" or "AUX" or "NUL"


Tried :p Not working

You Will Get An Error Like This

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McLovin

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Wait, is this guide to show us how to rename folders that we can't?
 
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Shadow King

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How to Create Folder "CON"
Ever tried to create a folder "CON" or "AUX" or "NUL".

Tried now??? - not working :)

Here you go, a simple method to stop your anxiety

Rename folder from the right click option........
Now press alt and press 255...
press 255 frm the right side of the key bords i.e, Num pad.
where only numbers are given.....
now write con and then press enter.....yayyy!!
you ll see a con folder in ur pc
and also you can delete it easily.
 
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jamescv7

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For everyone who are curious about this prohibited on renaming those name, the explaination is here.
 
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Jack

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Yes, I can't name a folder as as "CON" or "AUX" or "NUL".. But to be fair, I never really wanna it to do this.
Thank you for the explanation James... Interesting read!:D
 
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