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Djago
Copper Contributor
Mar 12, 2020

Two folders with the same name on the same location

Hi!

 

I have a very strange problem. Today a user send me a screenshot telling me that he can see a folder with Windows File Explorer but not with Total Commander. I went directly to the place where it should be and he was completely right!

I've logged in with the administrator account in the server and the same thing happens so it's not a network issue.

Then I've tried with CMD and the same thing happens: the folder is listed with Explorer but NOT in the CMD.

So I tried copying the folder in Explorer and pasting it on Total Commander. The system copied the folder... but didn't show up on the destination. I've copied it to the root folder of the C drive, and there it copied the folder WITH ANOTHER NAME (content appears to be the original one).

Then I tried creating the folder with Total Commander and copying the content of the original folder with copy and paste, and now the folder is displayed correctly on TC. But Explorer shows me TWO folders with EXACTLY THE SAME NAME! (When I created the folder in TC, and because the name is long and complex, I've copied and pasted the NAME of the folder so I'm COMPLETELY SURE that the name is THE SAME).

Also, both TC and CMD shows one folder, and Explorer shows two folders with the same name.  Explorer shows different time stamp on both folders.

To make things worst, I've configured DFS to duplicate the complete data folder in another server, and in that server, I have the same problem!

 

What can I do? What MUST I do?

  • Might right-click\Properties and check the location / path (true name). It's possible there's a desktop.ini in there altering the apperance of the folder.

     

     

     

  • Might right-click\Properties and check the location / path (true name). It's possible there's a desktop.ini in there altering the apperance of the folder.

     

     

     

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      Djago
      Copper Contributor
      Thanks Dave Patrick! It was desktop.ini meddling with the name. You are my personal "today's hero"!
      • Glad to hear, you're welcome.

         

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