Duplicfated folder in MS Explorer - WinXP Pro

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Miguel Gonzalez

Hello.

In Windows Explorer, while I open folders from the Files View, it spread the
folders tree in the Folders View.

The problem is that when I do that with a CD containt, folders in the
Folders View appear duplicated.

What to do?

Thank you very much in advance.

Miguel
 
Hello.

In Windows Explorer, while I open folders from the Files View, it spread the
folders tree in the Folders View.

The problem is that when I do that with a CD containt, folders in the
Folders View appear duplicated.

What to do?

Thank you very much in advance.

Miguel
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Not sure what you mean. Where are these duplicates located at?

If you are using the XP CD burning tool, inserting a CD will show the files
when you click on the drive and when you look in the "staging area" folder.
The listing in the staging area is in case you change the contents of the
disk. XP does not perform packet writing - adding and removing files on the
fly. It writes using master sessions and these function a bit differently.
For a good description about the ins and outs of XP CD burning, read the
following article by MVP Alex Nichol: http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm
 
Thank you John for the explanation, the picture and the bandwidth save :)

Yes, that is exactly the problem I'm having
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Sorry it's taken a while to get back to you folks. The MS news servers have
been having problems the last few days and was not able to download John's
image to see what's going on here.

The servers are more stable now but still can't see John's post here or on
Google Groups.. Anyhow, I used my XP CD and duplicated the steps as
written. Sorry, guys... I do not see the same duplication. Explorer is
displaying files and folders correctly in both panes: Tree side and folder
contents side.

Something that XP does differently than what you may be used to from other
versions of Windows, is that will automatically open a branch of a tree
when selected on the left hand pane.

So clicking the i386 folder on the left, shows the folders ASMS, COMPDATA,
etc in both panes. Older versions of Windows left the branch closed ( with
a plus sign (+) next to i386 instead of a minus sign (-). This feature can
be turned off by deselecting "Simple Folder View" in Folder Options> View.
 
Sorry it's taken a while to get back to you folks. The MS news servers
have been having problems the last few days and was not able to download
John's image to see what's going on here.

The servers are more stable now but still can't see John's post here or
on Google Groups.. Anyhow, I used my XP CD and duplicated the steps as
written. Sorry, guys... I do not see the same duplication. Explorer is
displaying files and folders correctly in both panes: Tree side and
folder contents side.

Something that XP does differently than what you may be used to from
other versions of Windows, is that will automatically open a branch of a
tree when selected on the left hand pane.

So clicking the i386 folder on the left, shows the folders ASMS,
COMPDATA, etc in both panes. Older versions of Windows left the branch
closed ( with a plus sign (+) next to i386 instead of a minus sign (-).
This feature can be turned off by deselecting "Simple Folder View" in
Folder Options View.
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Yes. I've had all sorts of problems with the MS servers here from the UK,
but they seem to be reasonably ok now.
Your suggestion doesn't really explain why one can see *two* versions of
the same folder in the left-hand pane, so I'll mail the image direct to
you if you like. It's only around 19k.


Regards
John ([email protected]) Remove the obvious to reply...
 
Yes. I've had all sorts of problems with the MS servers here from the UK,
but they seem to be reasonably ok now.
Your suggestion doesn't really explain why one can see *two* versions of
the same folder in the left-hand pane, so I'll mail the image direct to
you if you like. It's only around 19k.


Regards
John ([email protected]) Remove the obvious to reply...
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Sure, John. Emailing the image to me would be fine. Remove the DELETE from
the return address. Oh heck, even easier... my email is (e-mail address removed)
 
Sure, John. Emailing the image to me would be fine. Remove the DELETE
from the return address. Oh heck, even easier... my email is
(e-mail address removed)
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Ok. Will do, but I hope none of the email address harvesters see your
posting...

Regards
John ([email protected]) Remove the obvious to reply...
 
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Ok. Will do, but I hope none of the email address harvesters see your
posting...

Regards
John ([email protected]) Remove the obvious to reply...
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Got your email. Remembered that I have an OEM CD for my tablet PC (XP Pro
in one folder, XP tablet extensions in another). Tried that - again
following the step by step directions posted before. Still can't duplicate
this.

I also tried double clicking on a few of the *.CABs and other compressed
folders. These start out on the right side but when double clicked get
added to the left side with their contents displayed on the right. All of
the additions were properly indented on the directory tree. Not one showed
up as a false duplicate. I checked the MS Knowledge Base for anything on
duplicate folders but found nothing that applied.

I'm not sure what's going on with your OEM CDs. If you're very curious, I
guess you could ask the OEM's tech support about it. But if the disks work
and can restore the computer properly, may want to just chalk this up as
one of life's little mysteries.

Sorry I wasn't able to find out anything more concrete about this.
 
Hi Sharon.

You have to click in the right hand panel and the duplicated folders will
appear in the left hand panel.

I'm using WinXP Pro SP1, it is not an OEM version.


Sharon F said:
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Ok. Will do, but I hope none of the email address harvesters see your
posting...

Regards
John ([email protected]) Remove the obvious to reply...
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Got your email. Remembered that I have an OEM CD for my tablet PC (XP Pro
in one folder, XP tablet extensions in another). Tried that - again
following the step by step directions posted before. Still can't duplicate
this.

I also tried double clicking on a few of the *.CABs and other compressed
folders. These start out on the right side but when double clicked get
added to the left side with their contents displayed on the right. All of
the additions were properly indented on the directory tree. Not one showed
up as a false duplicate. I checked the MS Knowledge Base for anything on
duplicate folders but found nothing that applied.

I'm not sure what's going on with your OEM CDs. If you're very curious, I
guess you could ask the OEM's tech support about it. But if the disks work
and can restore the computer properly, may want to just chalk this up as
one of life's little mysteries.

Sorry I wasn't able to find out anything more concrete about this.
Click to expand...
 
Got your email. Remembered that I have an OEM CD for my tablet PC (XP
Pro in one folder, XP tablet extensions in another). Tried that - again
following the step by step directions posted before. Still can't
duplicate this.

I also tried double clicking on a few of the *.CABs and other compressed
folders. These start out on the right side but when double clicked get
added to the left side with their contents displayed on the right. All
of the additions were properly indented on the directory tree. Not one
showed up as a false duplicate. I checked the MS Knowledge Base for
anything on duplicate folders but found nothing that applied.

I'm not sure what's going on with your OEM CDs. If you're very curious,
I guess you could ask the OEM's tech support about it. But if the disks
work and can restore the computer properly, may want to just chalk this
up as one of life's little mysteries.
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It is actually a genuine MS hologrammed CD, not one copied by my OEM
supplier, and I only used that as an example to show that it wasn't one
I'd burned myself. - It does it with any commercially produced CD.
Sorry I wasn't able to find out anything more concrete about this.
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No worries as far as I'm concerned. Thanks for investigating.

Regards
John ([email protected]) Remove the obvious to reply...
 
Hi Sharon.

You have to click in the right hand panel and the duplicated folders will
appear in the left hand panel.

I'm using WinXP Pro SP1, it is not an OEM version.
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Yep, that's what John pointed out in his description earlier in this thread
and that's the way I tested. I used several CDs: retail XP Pro upgrade,
retail XP Home and an OEM XP Pro/Tablet CD.
 
It is actually a genuine MS hologrammed CD, not one copied by my OEM
supplier, and I only used that as an example to show that it wasn't one
I'd burned myself. - It does it with any commercially produced CD.


No worries as far as I'm concerned. Thanks for investigating.
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The OEM I have is not hologrammed but it is badged by the OEM and it does
contain the standard XP setup files vs a ghosted image. Interesting
problem. Enjoyed checking it out. Just wish the conclusion had been a bit
more definitive about *why* that behavior occurs.
 
My copy is also a hologrammed CD, well, I guess I'll have to live with that
annoy duplication.

Thanks guys.
 
My copy is also a hologrammed CD, well, I guess I'll have to live with that
annoy duplication.

Thanks guys.
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You're welcome, Miguel. At least now you know that you're not the only one
that sees this behavior and that your CD will still work when/if it is
needed.
 
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