In Windows I've managed to make a folder with the same name as another but with a space at the end. How can I access the contents of this folder?

Question

This is Windows 11 Pro (22000.2057).

Using this code:

var dir = new DirectoryInfo("E:\\Videos");
foreach (var sub in dir.GetDirectories())
{
$&quot;'{sub.Name}'&quot;.Dump();

}

I can see why:

Attempting to navigate through explorer shows the contents of "Movies" for both folders. Trying to navigate to it through powershell shows:

How can I fix this?

Does this help renaming the folder perhaps: https://superuser.com/a/1670640/705502 — Joep van Steen, Jul 02 '23 at 12:30
@JoepvanSteen No, but this answer did: https://superuser.com/a/911994/104427 — Ian Newson, Jul 02 '23 at 15:27

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 02 '23 at 11:55

Make sure the entire path does not end with a space – trailing spaces are technically valid for names but stripped from paths. When accessing the directory itself, suffix it with an additional \.

Videos\Movies \

If it were a file, you could suffix it with the explicit NTFS stream name ::$DATA.

In Windows I've managed to make a folder with the same name as another but with a space at the end. How can I access the contents of this folder?

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