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Using "CON" Within A Filename
DocumentID: 634187
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 3:03:35 PM

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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: Using the characters CON in the first part of a filename will most likely return one of the following messages: "WPCB " or "Error: Disk Full." Some garbage characters may also appear below that. A customer was trying to save a file with the name of smiley face (Alt-2) CON.RE. When he presses Enter to accept the filename, the message "WPCB CON.RE" appears with garbage underneath it. If he presses Enter again, it says "Error:End of Page."

One customer found that pressing Ctrl-R, Enter let him get out of the loop of error messages so he could save the file under a proper name that isn't reserved. Solutions: CON is a reserved DOS name. CON stands for console, and the computer is trying to print the file to the screen. The WPCB is the beginning of the file's prefix. The characters CON may be used as a file extension. They may also be used within a longer word in the filename. However, using CON as the first part of the filename is not allowed by DOS (e.g., CON.TST).

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