Watch what happens when a folder with the same name is created in the C: drive.
The reason that this can be done is that these two folders lie in different locations. The path for the one in the C: drive is c:\My New Folder. The one on the desktop is c:\win95\desktop\My New Folder. Folders with the same names can be created, provided they are not located in the exact same spot. Click here to see what happens when you copy a file to the same location. same spot. (122K)