Have you guys ever tried to make a folder with the name con or prn or nul. If not try it now and check if you can create them. If you aren’t then continue reading. These words (CON, PRN, NUL, AUX, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8 and LPT9) are reserved keywords called SYSTEM FOLDERS and can’t be created directly in Windows Explorer or Command Prompt. But fortunately we curios minds are very keen to do something that is not possible. Yes you can achieve creating those folders through Command Prompt. Just follow these instructions..

Go to start -> Run -> type in cmd or command

To create a folder named con in your C drive then,  write this in the command prompt window down and press Enter

-> md \\.\c:\con

Similarly to create a folder named con in your D drive then,  write this in the command prompt window down and press Enter

-> md \\.\d:\con

If you want to delete this folder

-> rd \\.\c:\con

In place of con you can write any desired name of your folder as if for now you can even try folder names like prn, nul and many others too.

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