Bug in XP possibly?

[Senad]

So I'm just browsing the web and I read up on the website that Windows XP has a bug in it....basicallyt he bug is that you cannot create a folder called con...so at first I didn't believe it and decided what the heck lets give it a shot and oodly when I create the file it just goes back to being called New Folder.

Thoughts? Does this happen to your system as well?

Gotta love Windows :rolleyes2

 

[webfreak08]

Weird. Don't know how this affects anything, though (except if you wanted to create a folder named 'con').

 

[Artashes]

Ha, same for me. "con" gets renamed to New Folder.

 

[Senad]

Weird. Don't know how this affects anything, though (except if you wanted to create a folder named 'con').

:laugh:

I'm just curious to know why con is disallowed though :uhh:. It does seem weird that they are limiting you towards certain names...


But then again what can you use short for con ?

 

[ldcdc]

The answer to the question "why?" is (sort of) located here:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;133456

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;66531

In short, it appears to be a reserved word.

 

[Senad]

Nice Find ldcdc :thumbsup:

 

[McRalphe]

well, it's a harmless bug