How to Make Undeletable, Unrenamable Folders

You want to create folder which cannot be deleted and renamed, this post is useful for you. With this trick, you will be able to create folder which cannot be deleted and renamed.


Basic concept

The basic concept behind this trick is the use of keywords. Keywords are reserved words in any language that cannot be used as names of variables. Windows also uses certain keywords in its programming. Some of them are con, aux, lpt1, lpt2, lpt3, lpt4, lpt5, lpt6, lpt7, lpt8 and lpt9.


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Step 1. Click on Start.

Step 2. Click on Run. Type in "cmd" and press Ok.

Step 3. In the command prompt windows that opens, type the name of the drive you wish to create your folder in the format <drive name>: and press enter.
If you want to create the folder in D drive, type "D:". Note that the folder cannot be created in the root of C: drive (if C: is your system drive).

Step 4. Type this command- "md con\" or "md lpt1\" and press enter.

Now window will create an undeletable, unrenamable folder in the drive you entered in step 3.

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Deleting the folder

Although, it is not possible to manually delete the folder, you can delete the folder by typing "rd con\" or "rd lpt1\" in step 4 instead of "md con\" or "md lpt1\".

Windows compatibility: This works on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1


Try it yourself to create one such folder which can neither be deleted nor be renamed.