Magic in Windows xp

[Kalmah]

I don't think this works in vista. Try it and see what happens..


Nobody can create a FOLDER anywhere on the computer which can be named as "CON".

This is something pretty cool..

Try it now. It will not create a "con" folder.




1. Open an empty notepad file

2. Type "bush hid the facts" (without the quotes) don't capitalize, don't hit enter, no whitespace

3. Save it as whatever you want.

4. Close it, and re-open it.

 

[villageidiot111]

sounds like its broken, you should install linux.

 

[FDF12389]

Originally posted by: Kalmah
1. Open an empty notepad file

2. Type "Bush hid the facts" (without the quotes)

3. Save it as whatever you want.

4. Close it, and re-open it.

hhhh hhh hhh hhhhh produces the same result.

 

[BoomerD]

Ok...even in Vista, "CON" doesn't work, but "Bush hid the facts" doesn't change in Vista.

 

[Quiksilver]

Originally posted by: Kalmah
I don't think this works in vista. Try it and see what happens..


Nobody can create a FOLDER anywhere on the computer which can be named as "CON".

This is something pretty cool..

Try it now. It will not create a "con" folder.

This works.

1. Open an empty notepad file

2. Type "bush hid the facts" (without the quotes) don't capitalize

3. Save it as whatever you want.

4. Close it, and re-open it.

Was something supposed to happen?

 

[Kalmah]

Originally posted by: FDF12389

Originally posted by: Kalmah
1. Open an empty notepad file

2. Type "Bush hid the facts" (without the quotes)

3. Save it as whatever you want.

4. Close it, and re-open it.

hhhh hhh hhh hhhhh produces the same result.

I capitalized Bush in my text. It doesn't work when capitalized. Just tried it. Just edited op.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

The CON things works in Windows 7 (can't create the folder). The notepad thing works because of the way Notepad infers the text encoding by doing some fancy statistical analysis on the bit patterns of the file. On rare occasions this fails. Text

That bug seems to be fixed in the Windows 7 version of Notepad.

 

[TridenT]

Doesn't work in vista.

 

[chowderhead]

off to Gitmo for the OP.

 

[jinduy]

?????????

 

[ChaoZ]

I'm on Vista. What does it do?

 

[Mr Smiley]

"Magic." I wish I could use that when my professor finds bugs in my programs.

 

[FDF12389]

Originally posted by: Kalmah

Originally posted by: FDF12389

Originally posted by: Kalmah
1. Open an empty notepad file

2. Type "Bush hid the facts" (without the quotes)

3. Save it as whatever you want.

4. Close it, and re-open it.

hhhh hhh hhh hhhhh produces the same result.

I capitalized Bush in my text. It doesn't work when capitalized. Just tried it. Just edited op.

hhhh hhh hhh hhhhh still produces the same result. Try it.

 

[Kalmah]

Originally posted by: FDF12389

Originally posted by: Kalmah

Originally posted by: FDF12389

Originally posted by: Kalmah
1. Open an empty notepad file

2. Type "Bush hid the facts" (without the quotes)

3. Save it as whatever you want.

4. Close it, and re-open it.

hhhh hhh hhh hhhhh produces the same result.

I capitalized Bush in my text. It doesn't work when capitalized. Just tried it. Just edited op.

hhhh hhh hhh hhhhh still produces the same result. Try it.

nm. I misread your post.

 

[xcript]

Originally posted by: Kalmah
Nobody can create a FOLDER anywhere on the computer which can be named as "CON".

This is something pretty cool..

Try it now. It will not create a "con" folder.

Others you can't use: aux, nul, prn, lpt[0-9], com[0-9].

Reminds me of the fun I had at school causing win95 to BSOD, "back in the day" (eg. start -> run -> con\con -> enter).