Why so many folders and files with the same name?

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Why so many folders and files with the same name?

Claude Larocque 666

Hi everyone,
This might me a simple question but my main project folder is now 781 MB. When I use the . to find the files, there are no many files with the same name and even the same file in the folder that I am wondering why. Can someone explain that to me?

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LesHay 7,146

Hi

One possibility. The DeskTop.ini file may have become corrupt. This is a system file but is safe to delete as it will be recreated as needed by the system.
If you want to try this out. Open file explorer at the DeskTop and set view options to show system files. RENAME the DeskTop.ini file to (say) XXXDeskTop.iniXXX and reboot then examine the folder to see if any difference.

Claude Larocque 666 Reputation points

2022-06-02T17:02:22.833+00:00

Hi LesHay, the duplicates are in my visual studio project folder only, I am using Visual Studio 2022 and it might be when I receive updates that folders are recreated without deleting the old one, but this is just a guess.

Thanks

Claude

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