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"New Folder" option missing in Windows Explorer Subdirectory

May 23, 2010 12:54AM PDT

I am running Windows 7 on a brand new Lenovo lap top. It is a new environment all around. I found one glitch in the Windows Explorer application. I created a sub-directory in the Documents Library and named it Michigan. I have done the same for folder for Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky etc. etc. with no issues. But the one I created and named Michigan (not the first one I created either) I cannot add sub-directories to it, or when I try to copy and paste a sub-directory, the files go in but not the directory. Across the top of the all the other directories there is an option for ?New Folder? but not in the one I named Michigan. I don?t want to delete and rename the file as I have a spreadsheet that has many hyperlinks pointing to many Word documents in the Michigan folder.

Have you seen this before? Is there a fix?

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I'd do a little test.
May 23, 2010 2:21AM PDT

Use the command line to CD there and then the MD command to make a folder. It's not hard and could reveal something. Remember that Explorer takes it cues from a few hidden files in the folders so I suggest you research how that works.

For now, try the old command line.
Bob

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Command line changes
May 23, 2010 2:43AM PDT

Thanks for your quick reply Bob. I did as you suggested and went to the Michigan subdirectory via the command prompt and MD a directory named Test. I then dir a dir *. And sure enough, Test was there. I then copied a file (still using the command line function) the \Michigan\test subdirectory cd\test, dir *.* and sure enough the file was there, it worked.

Now here?s the rub Bob, I then went to Windows Explorer drilled down to the Michigan folder and and there was no change. OUCH.

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So it's Explorer.
May 23, 2010 3:10AM PDT