Forbidden Windows Folder Names

Posted Mar 4, 2006 | by David Risley  

FYI for you today. Windows has reserved names which it will not let you assign to folders. Try naming a folder to one of the following:

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com0 (through) com9
lpt0 (through) lpt9

Attempting to do so automatically reverts the folder back to its original name.

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