Any details? I do not have any issues with this in VFP6:

lcdir="c:\jj1_long_name"
md (lcdir)
?direc(lcdir)
rmdir (lcdir)
?direc(lcdir)

>Hi all
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>I have this app which requires a folder, if not found it will try to create it. WinXP has always been problematic in this regards, I am not sure if it always works on other OSs but XP is a confirm. There are no user rights issue as it is on a single user laptop.
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>Please advise.