Here are 3 weird facts about Windows, that nobody can explain :
1. Nobody can create a folder named “Con”.
Try to create anywhere on your hard disk a folder called “Con” (without the quotes). Go to a location on your hard disk, right click, choose “New” and then select “Folder” from the menu that appears. Name the folder “Con” (without quotes) and hit Enter. You’ll see that the folder won’t be named “Con“. It will be “New folder”
2. A text file made with Notepad, with the following content : “Bush hid the facts” (without quotes) won’t display the actual text.
Go to Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Notepad . Write in Notepad the following text : “Bush hid the facts” (without quotes) then Save the file and exit Notepad. Now go to the text file you created and open it. You’ll see that the text you just wrote and save won’t show.
3. Write in Word this : “=rand(200,99)” (without the quotes) and witness the magic.
Open Microsoft Word and on the first line write : “=rand(200,99)” (without the quotes)Â and hit Enter. Magic in the making.
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May 30, 2008 at 10:44 am
1) No folder can be called con (or several other things) because it refers to hardware devices.
2) This is caused by a bug in notepad (not in vista’s version), as it doesn’t handle unicode correctly.
3) That is a feature of word, to instantly test fonts, styles, and layouts. (If that’s the lorem ipsum trick).
May 30, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Wow, they are interesting! Especially the first two.
May 30, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Amazing. I wish I knew… any theories?
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May 30, 2008 at 4:13 pm
#2 works for “Walter hid the facts” too. What’s going on there?
May 30, 2008 at 4:32 pm
1: This goes back to the days of DOS. CON is the name of a port on your computer and thus the name is reserved for devices. This is the same reason you can’t create folders called LPT1 (Printer port). Since all versions of windows were built on top of DOS, the reserved names have stuck
2: This is apparently a bug in Notepad where it can’t tell the difference between ASCII and Unicode in certain word patterns (such as 4-3-3-5 lettered words). If you have some of the Asian language packs installed, the boxes show up as characters. Try it with “Bill can not dance” and “This app can break”
3: This is actually a feature in word which allows you to quickly insert dummy text into word documents. it also works if you replace rand with lorem. The numbers can also be changed. =lorem(2,6) for example, will give you two, six line long paragraphs of Lorem Ipsum
May 30, 2008 at 7:42 pm
I found this interesting, i have used windows for years, and didn’t know these, very weird facts!
June 4, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Mr. Moriarty, thanks so much, now it does not seem soo dark… it is funny I cannot save a notepad doc saying that Bill can not dance! Funny bug…
Regards.
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December 15, 2008 at 9:14 am
That’s funny
April 23, 2009 at 9:42 am
wonderfull facts