"Paul A." <PaulA@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:2460A2C8-4780-4CFD-9F9D-967D099675E2@xxxxxx
Quote:
>A source directory has files named with the pattern filename~N.ext where
> “N”
> is a number 1, 2, 4, 15, etc.
>
> Many files share similar names, but the “N” is unique to each file. When I
> copy the folder to a new location (drag-and-drop the folder) I get the
> File
> Copy dialog:
>
> There is already a file with the same name in this location.
>
> - Copy and Replace (filename~2.ext)
> - Don’t copy (filename~10.ext)
> - Copy, but keep both files
>
> Vista is trying to replace filename~10.ext with filename~2.ext, even
> though
> these are unique files with unique names.
That isn't happening for me. Is the tilde really part of the filename? They
look like they could be 8.3 filenames from a FAT filesystem which may have
corrupt VFAT (long file name) entries or something odd like that. Perhaps it
thinks the LFNs are the same.
What is the source of these files?