Why we can't create a folder called "ICON" on desktop?
By sach143_u
@sach143_u (859)
India
July 28, 2010 12:34pm CST
Hi friends, i have tried several times and even friends also tried but we are unable to create a folder which should be a name called "ICON", Why i am creating this one is because i wanted to save some files of icon's in that particular folder so....
8 responses
@sagar21 (1579)
• India
28 Jul 10
Hi sach,
Actually we can create folders of any name..
but for names like con prn nul com1 com2 lpt.......
we have a crooked way..
try this...
If you want to create a folder named con on desktop..
1.Open command prompt..
2.Type... mkdir \\.\C:\Users\NIDHIN\Desktop\con exactly
3.To delete it... rmdir \\.\C:\Users\NIDHIN\Desktop\con exactly
we can't create these in the normal way because these names represent internal devices...
hope this helps...
thanks for asking...
have a great day/night....
but for names like con prn nul com1 com2 lpt.......
we have a crooked way..
try this...
If you want to create a folder named con on desktop..
1.Open command prompt..
2.Type... mkdir \\.\C:\Users\NIDHIN\Desktop\con exactly
3.To delete it... rmdir \\.\C:\Users\NIDHIN\Desktop\con exactly
we can't create these in the normal way because these names represent internal devices...
hope this helps...
thanks for asking...
have a great day/night....
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@sach143_u (859)
• India
28 Jul 10
That is my question friend, why they made rule or whats the necessary to make a rule on that particular folder, is it harmfull if we create icon on the desktop?
@harpreet89 (723)
• India
28 Jul 10
Didn't have any answer why cant we create a CON named folder.
Even Bill Gates didn't have answer to this question when a person ask him the same question....:P
@lovedude (4447)
• India
29 Jul 10
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 Vista will refuse to allow you to create a file with these "reserved" device file names. The following file names are reserved:
* CON
* PRN
* AUX
* NUL
* COM1
* COM2
* COM3
* COM4
* COM5
* COM6
* COM7
* COM8
* COM9
* LPT1
* LPT2
* LPT3
* LPT4
* LPT5
* LPT6
* LPT7
* LPT8
* LPT9
Name Function
---- --------
CON Keyboard and display
PRN System list device, usually a parallel port
AUX Auxiliary device, usually a serial port
CLOCK$ System real-time clock
NUL Bit-bucket device
A:-Z: Drive letters
COM1 First serial communications port
LPT1 First parallel printer port
LPT2 Second parallel printer port
LPT3 Third parallel printer port
COM2 Second serial communications port
COM3 Third serial communications port
COM4 Fourth serial communications port
To identify system device driver names, use one of the following two commands:
* mem /d | more
* debug d 0070:0000
You can read from Microsoft official site.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/74496/en-us
@harpreet89 (723)
• India
28 Jul 10
We actually can create folder named ICON on desktop but not the CON as its disabled.
CON is a reserved keyword for Console.
If you couldn't create it on your desktop, try it any other location.
@sach143_u (859)
• India
28 Jul 10
I haven't tried any where but i only tried on the desktop but yup its a good idea i will try some other side so that i can create a folder named ICON.
@prudent (314)
• India
28 Jul 10
I think you were trying to create in Windows98 or Windows2000 OS. For newer versions of Windows, we can create folders named "icon" on desktop.
@harpreet89 (723)
• India
28 Jul 10
Yeah, totally agreed with you. Actually we can create ICON folder in Vista and Windows 7. May be XP didn't support this. Didn't try it on XP though.
@TruemanTheOne (34)
• Pakistan
28 Jul 10
get onto wiki.answers.com and search for your query, you will get a complete answer for this.
curiosity kills a cat !!!!
enjoy
@gohan2091 (544)
•
28 Jul 10
I guess in newer versions of Windows, you can call a folder icon just fine.
