Microsoft KB Archive/267119

= Additional Folders Are Created When You Copy the Same Folder Names to a Compressed Folder =

Article ID: 267119

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition

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This article was previously published under Q267119



SYMPTOMS
When you copy a folder, which contains several sub-folders of the same name, from a shared network drive to a compressed folder in Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me), there may be additional folders added to the compressed folder.

For example, note the following file structure:   Documents\Level1.txt Documents\Documents\Level2.txt Documents\Documents\Documents\Level3.txt Document\Documents\Documents\Documents\Level4.txt Documents\Documents\Documents\Documents\Documents\Level5.txt. When you copy from level 3 to a compressed folder, the result should be as follows:   Documents\Level3.txt Documents\Documents\Level4.txt Documents\Documents\Documents\Level5.txt However, the resulting compressed folder, in fact, contains all identical folder names from level 1 through to level 5, and all files from level 3 to level 5:   Documents\ Documents\Documents\ Documents\Documents\Documents\Level3.txt Document\Documents\Documents\Documents\Level4.txt Documents\Documents\Documents\Documents\Documents\Level5.txt.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur when you copy files and folders from a sub-folder level, where all folders within the folder structure have identical folder names.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, avoid the use of duplicate folder names.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Keywords: kbprb KB267119

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