Additional Folders Are Created When You Copy the Same Folder Names to a Compressed Folder (267119)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
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.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/28/2004
Keywords:kbprb KB267119
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