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Can't create "aux.txt" by S4turno

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Type: Bug
ID: 778208
Opened: 2/1/2013 6:19:17 AM
Access Restriction: Public
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Seem impossible create a file named "aux.txt".
Changing file name, no error occurred. I've tried on two different pcs.
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How often does this happen?
Always Happens

Have you seen this problem before in this product?

I don't know if this issue existed previously
Reproduction Steps
PS D:\Temp> New-Item aux.txt -type file -force -value "This is text added to the file"
New-Item : FileStream non aprirà dispositivi Win32 quali partizioni su disco e unità a nastro. Non utilizzare "\\.\"
nel percorso.
In riga:1 car:1
+ New-Item aux.txt -type file -force -value "This is text added to the file"
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo         : NotSpecified: (:) [New-Item], ArgumentException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.ArgumentException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand
Expected Results

    Directory: D:\Temp


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        01/02/2013     15:00         30 aux.txt
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Posted by Stephen Mills on 2/20/2013 at 11:07 PM
Ouch, this is painful. I guess it thinks it is an "aux" device. It doesn't matter if it even has an extension. Same problem with Out-File. You can do "Out-File c:\aux" and get the same error. This REALLY needs to be fixed sooner rather than later.
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