Create a folder with invalid file name in Windows

Have you ever tried to make a folder named ‘CON’ ? Its impossible, because it’s an invalid folder name for windows. There is many such names like: CON, AUX, PRN, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8 and LPT9. But you can now create such folder with a simple trick.









Step 1: Open Command Prompt, then Type

mkdir \\.\E:\CON

The red coloured text is the folder name here and the Blue Colour, Drive alphabet. Then Verify that folder by

dir \\.\E:\CON

Now that folder is Created. In this way you can create all the file names mentioned above. To delete that folder, type,

rmdir \\.\E:\CON

Enjoy.