Overlapping Files/Folders?

[Enternal]

Hello Don. I encountered a message yesterday when I attempted to move a folder from a subdirectory to its root directory. It gave me an error/warning about my folders/files or something overlapping. I then closed it and did something else that did not give me that error anymore. Out of curiosity but what is that error about?

[TheQwerty]

If you mean this dialog then read on...

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This is usually shown when what you are moving contains folders which are also present in the destination which can sometimes cause odd behavior.

If you had:
C:\New Folder\1.txt
C:\New Folder\2.txt
C:\New Folder\New Folder\1.txt
C:\New Folder\New Folder\3.txt

Then moved C:\New Folder\New Folder\ to C:\ - there's some overlap and a collision (1.txt) that needs resolved.

It's a bit headache inducing, and admittedly I don't fully understand it.. but you can read more in this old thread: http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5647

[Enternal]

Hmm... I read through that but it seems my case was a bit odd. This is what happened.
\TEMPORARY
.....Working Folder\
.....Finished Items\

I attempted to "Finished Item" to the root of the drive. There are no folders with the name "Finished Item" and yet it gave me that overlapping error. What I did to solve the problem was I moved "Finished Items" into "Working Folders" and then move it from there back to the root of the drive. It's a funny problem anyway and I was not able to reproduce it so... it must be a gremlin haha

Anyway thanks!