AskDirectory

[jmburton2001]

EDIT: Found the answer here.

This is a strange one.

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TargetLoc = AskDirectory("Select Backup Directory", "", "","",4)
Message ("Target Directory", TargetLoc)

As an example, I'd like to create the folder "D:\Archive\"

I perform the steps below:

• Choose the D drive.
• Press the "Make New Folder" button.
• Type in "Archive".
• Press "Enter" to set the new name.
• Click the "OK" button to return to the script.

Results:
Explorer -> The directory "D:\Archive\" is created.
Winbatch -> TargetLoc returns "D:\New folder\"

It doesn't matter what drive or directory I choose to create a new folder, the results are always the same. The directory is created but Winbatch returns "New folder".

[td]

This is an old problem that has been known about for a very long time.  The root source is a bug in the Windows Explorer shell introduces many years ago that  Microsoft never fixed in the original shell API. 

[td]

Also as mentioned here:

http://techsupt.winbatch.com/webcgi/webbatch.exe?techsupt/nftechsupt.web+WinBatch/Win7+AskDirectory~in~Windows~7~Ignores~New~Folder.txt