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Don't name the URL for a sub-site 'CON' in MOSS 2007

In trying to create a team site for a department called .../Commercial/Content, I use short names (e.g. .../CML/CON). Apparently CON is some kind of a system no-no. I have not searched on this problem, so there may be information posted out there on this issue somewhere:

When creating a site in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007, the URL cannot be ..../con

The system allowed me to do it, and it created the site, but the page was 100% blank.

Microsoft, how about popping up an error or something when an illegal system name is used, rather than allowing the site to be created?

Posted 06-20-2007 9:04 AM by mindy

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Muzzzy wrote re: Don't name the URL for a sub-site 'CON' in MOSS 2007
on 06-20-2007 11:02 PM

Yeah, con was a reserved name in MS-DOS and it's sorta forbidden ever since :)

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Mary-xq wrote re: Don't name the URL for a sub-site 'CON' in MOSS 2007
on 04-20-2009 5:53 PM

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