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vista leaves behind folders when moving folders with files in them

  1. #1


    power 3 Guest

    vista leaves behind folders when moving folders with files in them

    Hello,

    this never happened before in XP..

    Now in vista.. when

    I move a folder from location A to B,



    sometimes an empty folder is left behind in location A

    all of the contents of course are sent to location B...


    Why is this empty folder in location A not removed?

    I have to delete it manually...

    This doesnt happen ALWAYS, only some times...


    Thank you all for your replies.




    -Love is a great teacher....

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  2. #2


    John Guest

    RE: vista leaves behind folders when moving folders with files in them



    "power 3" wrote:

    > Hello,
    >
    > this never happened before in XP..
    >
    > Now in vista.. when
    >
    > I move a folder from location A to B,
    >
    > sometimes an empty folder is left behind in location A
    >
    > all of the contents of course are sent to location B...
    >
    >
    > Why is this empty folder in location A not removed?
    >
    > I have to delete it manually...
    >
    > This doesnt happen ALWAYS, only some times...
    >
    >
    > Thank you all for your replies.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > -Love is a great teacher....
    >
    This is driving me crazy as well.

    I found this post while searching for an answer but I still have no
    explanation.

    I can find no locks on anything in the folders and this happens even if I
    have not viewed or accessed those folders during the session.

    Personally, I believe it to be a bug.


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