To All,

I have just recently run across a problem with the MD command in VFP that perplexes me, which means I must be missing something obvious.

If I issue the following in the command window:

MD "C:\test1\test2\test3\test4"

The entire directory structure is created.

However, if I enter something along these lines:

MD "C:\Documents and Settings\SomeUser\Application Data\test1\test2\test3\test4\test5"

I get an error saying "A subdirectory or file c:\documents and settings\someuser\application data\test1\test2\test3\test4\test5\ already exists."

I find this behavior extremely strange and am completely at a loss.

Some information that may help:

• This behavior can be duplicated in VFP7 SP1 and VFP8.
  
• It doesn't matter whether it is a Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP Professional OS. (Same behavior)
  
• The "SomeUser" I used above is the user I am currently logged in as, so there aren't any special security privileges/restrictions.
  

From what I can tell, it only seems to happen if the SomeUser directory exists. For instance if I issue:

MD "C:\Documents and Settings\Test New User\Application Data\test1\test2\test3\test4\test5\"

everything works ok.

Any help on this matter will be very appreciated.

TIA,

Travis