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    Possible duplicate of Unable to rename a folder or a file as 'con', Creating a folder named “CON” in Windows ...
    – Karan
    Commented May 17, 2015 at 6:49
  • @Karan: Why would restrictions on folder or file names affect user account names? Commented May 17, 2015 at 16:54
  • @PeterMortensen: Don't user profile folders get created based on account names?
    – Karan
    Commented May 17, 2015 at 18:53
  • It's related, but not quite a duplicate. Not voting to close.
    – bwDraco
    Commented May 18, 2015 at 2:08
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    This brings me back to Win 9x ... Start -> Run -> "\con\con" -> Enter -> BSOD
    – Alex
    Commented May 18, 2015 at 10:53