Applicable to:
- Plesk Obsidian for Windows
Symptoms
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Adding a subdomain or accessing virtual directories on Plesk for Windows fails with one of the following errors:
# C:\Inetpub\vhosts\example.com\subdomains\con\httpdocs: contains reserved device names that cannot be used as the name of a file
filemng failed: The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. (Error code 123) at C:\Inetpub\vhosts\example.com\httpdocs\COM7.file: contains reserved device names that cannot be used as the name of a file.
Cause
The path to be created or accessed contains reserved Windows OS names such as CON
or NUL
.
Resolution
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Connect to the server using RDP.
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Find the folder/file from the error message and rename it from
con
ornul
to something likesub_con
. e.g:-
Before:
C:\Inetpub\vhosts\example.com\subdomains\con\httpdocs
-
After:
C:\Inetpub\vhosts\example.com\subdomains\sub_con\httpdocs
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