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  • J JohnJ

    Its not a bug, you can't use device names for a file name. See here[^] for a full list :cool: JohnJ :zzz::zzz:Sleep(28800000); :zzz::zzz: http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk[^]

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    Roger Wright
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    Hmmm. I hadn't seen that list - thanks! AUX and CLOCK$ are new ones to me - I wonder what copy con clock$ would do (no, I'm not going to try it. Windows is fragile enough without messing with the foundations)?

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    • J JohnJ

      Its not a bug, you can't use device names for a file name. See here[^] for a full list :cool: JohnJ :zzz::zzz:Sleep(28800000); :zzz::zzz: http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk[^]

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      Tomasz Sowinski
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      I can't use COM9 as file name??? What are they thinking? ;) Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

      To some its a six-pack, to me it's a support group

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      • R Roger Wright

        Hmmm. I hadn't seen that list - thanks! AUX and CLOCK$ are new ones to me - I wonder what copy con clock$ would do (no, I'm not going to try it. Windows is fragile enough without messing with the foundations)?

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        Roger Wright wrote I wonder what copy con clock$ would do I would think you would hear a terrible grinding noise accompanied by little whisps of black smoke emerging from your PC :omg: JohnJ :zzz::zzz:Sleep(28800000); :zzz::zzz: http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk[^]

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        • T Tomasz Sowinski

          I can't use COM9 as file name??? What are they thinking? ;) Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

          To some its a six-pack, to me it's a support group

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          Maciej Pirog
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          Tomasz Sowinski wrote: I can't use COM9 as file name??? What are they thinking? They didn't told that, but you aren't allowed to use also filenames like: MS_SUCKS, I_HATE_MS, BILL_GATES_IS_JUST_AN_IDITOT, I_LOVE_LINUX, I_WANT_TO_DELETE_IE. ;)

          Ñ There is only one MP Ð

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          • J JohnJ

            Roger Wright wrote I wonder what copy con clock$ would do I would think you would hear a terrible grinding noise accompanied by little whisps of black smoke emerging from your PC :omg: JohnJ :zzz::zzz:Sleep(28800000); :zzz::zzz: http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk[^]

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            Tim Smith
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            No, you just get an annoying ticking sound that scared the **** out of your co-workers. :laugh: Tim Smith "Programmers are always surrounded by complexity; we can not avoid it... If our basic tool, the language in which we design and code our programs, is also complicated, the language itself becomes part of the problem rather that part of the solution." Hoare - 1980 ACM Turing Award Lecture

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            • J JohnJ

              Roger Wright wrote I wonder what copy con clock$ would do I would think you would hear a terrible grinding noise accompanied by little whisps of black smoke emerging from your PC :omg: JohnJ :zzz::zzz:Sleep(28800000); :zzz::zzz: http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk[^]

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              I'll try it on a customer's PC just to be safe. What can it hurt? It's already broke:-)

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              • R Roger Wright

                Hmmm. I hadn't seen that list - thanks! AUX and CLOCK$ are new ones to me - I wonder what copy con clock$ would do (no, I'm not going to try it. Windows is fragile enough without messing with the foundations)?

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                Roger Wright wrote: I wonder what copy con clock$ would do On XP it writes a file named clock$ containing stuff you've actually typed. But I remember that under MS-DOS CLOCK$ was reserved name indeed. Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

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                • T Tomasz Sowinski

                  Roger Wright wrote: I wonder what copy con clock$ would do On XP it writes a file named clock$ containing stuff you've actually typed. But I remember that under MS-DOS CLOCK$ was reserved name indeed. Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

                  To some its a six-pack, to me it's a support group

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                  Tomasz Sowinski wrote On XP it writes a file named clock$ containing stuff you've actually typed. no smoke then:laugh: JohnJ :zzz::zzz:Sleep(28800000); :zzz::zzz: http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk[^]

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                  • J JohnJ

                    Tomasz Sowinski wrote On XP it writes a file named clock$ containing stuff you've actually typed. no smoke then:laugh: JohnJ :zzz::zzz:Sleep(28800000); :zzz::zzz: http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk[^]

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                    Wouter Dhondt
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                    JohnJ wrote: no smoke then Darn! I wanted a new PC @ work, and I thought this to be the ideal solution. :( New and improved: kwakkelflap.com "When I hear of Schrödinger's cat, I reach for my gun." - Stephen Hawking

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                    • M Maciej Pirog

                      Tomasz Sowinski wrote: I can't use COM9 as file name??? What are they thinking? They didn't told that, but you aren't allowed to use also filenames like: MS_SUCKS, I_HATE_MS, BILL_GATES_IS_JUST_AN_IDITOT, I_LOVE_LINUX, I_WANT_TO_DELETE_IE. ;)

                      Ñ There is only one MP Ð

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                      Daniel Turini
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                      Maciej Pirog wrote: I_WANT_TO_DELETE_IE This one is allowed, in XP SP1 :) Concussus surgo. When struck I rise.

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                        Maciej Pirog wrote: I_WANT_TO_DELETE_IE This one is allowed, in XP SP1 :) Concussus surgo. When struck I rise.

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                        Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                        only I_WANT_TO_DELETE_IE.lnk Preferred storyline: - I am your father. Search your feelings and you'll know it's the truth. Together we can rule this galaxy like father and son. - Ok dad. Let's kick some butt!

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