When you rename a folder in a document library on your
Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services or on your Microsoft Office SharePoint
Portal Server 2003 Web site, you may find that the folder is no longer listed
in the document library. However, if you type the URL of the folder in the
Address bar of your Web browser, you can access the folder and
you can view its contents.
This problem may occur if the name of the folder contains
one or more "" characters (without the quotation marks). For example, this
issue may occur if both of the following conditions are true, in the order that
they are presented:
- You create a new folder in a document library. For example,
you create a folder that is named MyFolderA.
- You rename the folder by using a name that includes one or
more "" characters (without the quotation marks). For example, you rename the
MyFolderA folder to MyFolderA/Docs.
In this situation, the name of the folder is changed to contain
the name of a parent folder and the name of a child folder that is separated by
a "" character (without the quotation mark). Neither folder is listed when you
view the document library because the child folder is orphaned. That is, the
parent folder does not exist.
For example, if you rename MyFolderA to
MyFolderA/Docs, the MyFolderA folder is the parent folder and the Docs folder
is the child folder. Neither the MyFolderA folder nor the Docs folder is
displayed in the document library because the parent folder, MyFolderA, does
not exist.
To work around this problem, add the missing parent folder
to the document library. In the example that is described in the "Cause"
section in this article, create a new folder in the document library that is
named MyFolderA. After you do so, the parent folder that contains the child
folder is listed in the document library. To view the contents of a folder,
click the folder in the document library.
Microsoft
has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed
in the "Applies to" section of this article.
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