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

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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.

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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.

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WORKAROUND

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

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STATUS

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

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APPLIES TO

Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition

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kbprb KB267119

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