The Folders you cannot create in Windows

[Guest001]

This is nuts....not my fault something went wrong with the posting. "M" had the same problem before, now I see you can correct it by drawing circles on the ceiling and running around the room...SRY

[QUOTE][B]Nobody can create a FOLDER anywhere on the computer which can be named as

Nobody can create a FOLDER anywhere on the computer which can be named as “CON”.
This is something pretty cool…and unbelievable… At Microsoft the whole Team, including Bill Gates, couldn’t answer why this happened at first!
TRY IT NOW !!
In MS-DOS, several special “device files” were available to aid in performing certain tasks, such as clearing the screen or deleting extraneous output from a program. In order to maintain backwards-compatibility, all versions of Windows up to and including Windows 7 will refuse to allow you to create a file with these “reserved” device file names. The following file names are reserved:

CON
CON, incidentally, was a device file used to capture whatever was printed onscreen.

let me tell you a small secret you can’t even create a folder named PRN, AUX, NUL and many others like..

PRN
AUX
NUL
COM1
COM2
COM3
COM4
COM5
COM6
COM7
COM8
COM9
LPT1
LPT2
LPT3
LPT4
LPT5
LPT6
LPT7
LPT8
LPT9

If you try creating a folder with any of these names, the name automatically changes back to the default “New Folder”. And this is what has caused the confusion. Instead of automatically renaming the folder, had an explanatory warning message popped up.

[--BulletMagnet--]

Well, I'm not going to make a new folder named CON solely because I can.

[Swifty Helen]

Originally Posted by --BulletMagnet--

Well, I'm not going to make a new folder named CON solely because I can.

Hacked system? I can't do it, I don't have permission like it said.

[SilentTrigger]

Yeah most systems and operatingsystems and so on have reserved words you can't use biside for their intended use

[Guest001]

Originally Posted by --BulletMagnet--

Well, I'm not going to make a new folder named CON solely because I can.

Excuse Me? Are you following this to be negative? I posted a quote from an article, not my words and I wouldn't know if it's true or not, just lighten up a bit please

[dave61]

Lol, Stomp !!!

My computer is mad enough at me now !!!

I'm afraid to make it even more angry than it is at me now !!

It scares me !!!

[--BulletMagnet--]

Originally Posted by stompem

Excuse Me? Are you following this to be negative? I posted a quote from an article, not my words and I wouldn't know if it's true or not, just lighten up a bit please

Of course not, my newly found NovaHQ friend.

I was simply stating that I had no need to make a new folder named CON. I do remember encountering that problem on a Windows' Easter Eggs article once. Just like the "Bush hid the facts" thing in Notepad. I enjoy the Easter Eggs, but it's too bad there's always an explanation.

[Guest001]

Originally Posted by dave61

Lol, Stomp !!!

My computer is mad enough at me now !!!

I'm afraid to make it even more angry than it is at me now !!

It scares me !!!

PM me Dave and we'll see if we can operate by wire. My latest woe was a windows7 x86 bug that slowly takes over your system with Padlocks, nothing helpful on the web and Microsoft is mum about it, worth many many millions for their IT services branch I guess... figured out a brilliant solution that has given me back my PC and it's more stable and less annoying than ever. The bug hasn't got a chance of returning.

@BulletMagnet
OK bud NP

I had no need to make a new folder named CON

neither do I

[dave61]

Originally Posted by stompem

PM me Dave and we'll see if we can operate by wire. My latest woe was a windows7 x86 bug that slowly takes over your system with Padlocks, nothing helpful on the web and Microsoft is mum about it, worth many many millions for their IT services branch I guess... figured out a brilliant solution that has given me back my PC and it's more stable and less annoying than ever. The bug hasn't got a chance of returning.

I've lately been backing up all my files and am considering an bi-annual system recovery.

[Guest001]

Do you use any of the following 3rd party software types and if yes how regularly if at all?
Registry Inspection
De-fragmentation
Contiguous File ordering (optimization)
Free space write "0" binary (remove embedded file traces in drive free space)
Uninstallers
Stand-Alone software (*TIP* Run software without installers - I can show you a simple way to get a great majority of utilities, games and multimedia software to do so)

[Guest001]

A great majority of registry entries invole file association extension references and Non user software creator stuff and url directives not required to actually run the software
Some of The main ones Needed if at all are
Contextmenu handlers usually not specifically needed
AppPath AppDir (native)
AppDataPath AppDataDir (native)
AppExecPath InstallDir (native)
CDKID (or CDKIID. NLogic uses this descriptor but there are many types - this is up to the vendor)

[dave61]

Originally Posted by stompem

Do you use any of the following 3rd party software types and if yes how regularly if at all?
Registry Inspection
De-fragmentation
Contiguous File ordering (optimization)
Free space write "0" binary (remove embedded file traces in drive free space)
Uninstallers
Stand-Alone software (*TIP* Run software without installers - I can show you a simple way to get a great majority of utilities, games and multimedia software to do so)

I let NORTONs 360 handle all my virus, defrag , temp file (etc) cleanup deletion, and my Registry cleanup. NORTON 360 runs those operations during my computers idle times.

I rarly uninstall a program without using that programs uninstall procedures.

[Guest001]

Don’t run registry cleaner programs, period. I won’t go so far as to call them snake oil, but what possible performance benefits can you get from “cleaning up” unneeded registry entries and eliminating a few stray DLL files? Even in the best-case scenario the impact should be trivial at best. Maybe a second or two here and there, maybe a few kilobytes of freed-up RAM, and I’m being generous. How can you balance those against the risk that the utility will “clean” (in other words, delete) something you really need, causing a program or feature to fail?

Consider examining the list of entries to be removed and only allow removal of empty folders and non existing files if they are in the folder the program was installed
and that program no longer exists.
Removal of shared dll's by the programs installer can occur. Use a 3rd party uninstaller at all times. This will detect registry entries and dll's that may be shared by other programs or the Windows system.


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