I'm running Office XP and Windows XP.

I just discovered a duplicate file structure of my personal Word files.

At installation/setup time I elected to put all my Word files in directories
I setup under a JACKS DOCUMENTS directory, which was under MY COMPUTER
directory.

This afternoon I was browsing the JACKS DOCUMENTS directories and files
under the MY COMPUTER using Windows Explorer when I "discovered" a duplicate
and identical set of JACKS DOCUMENTS directories under MY DOCUMENTS.

I have no idea how or when these duplicate files were created. (a dozen or
so files I checked appear to be exact duplicates; at this point I don't plan
on a file by file comparison for every file pair.) About a month or so ago,
I had an significant increase in the number of files AD-AWARE counts when I
run to it to scan for cookies. But other than that increase, I have nothing
to indicate when or why or how I duplicated my files!

(I back up my Word files 2 or 3 times a week. I back up Quicken every time
I use it. Word, Quicken, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and Parson's
Address Book account for 99.99% of my system use.)

I've spent a bit of time tonight browsing www.microsoft.com including the
Knowledge Base, and didn't find anything that seemed to fit.

Any thought on the cause/causes? Suggestions or direction for recovery?

Jack Flatley
Jacksonville, Florida

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