Two files with same name in the same folder? No problem

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I thought this is not possible, but within windows, no problem. I wonder how these files are accessed.

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One is for your account and one is for all users.

What you see is a combination of private and public:

Why are There Two desktop.ini Files on Windows Desktops?

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doriel

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Oh, that’s not the really fun one.

When people use localized versions of Windows, certain folder names are localized in Explorer views but not on disk, and variably in applications.

So, on disk you can have one folder with the English name and another with the locale-appropriate name, and Explorer shows them both with the locale-appropriate name.

Which is a bother if you’re trying to drag-and-drop into either of those specifically…

And this happens fairly often by accident if you’re copying or moving those by dragging the entire folder from an Explorer view to another location.

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