Problem with syncing sub-folders

[megadyne]

So this seems really weird. Two drives, let's say X:\ and Y:\; they are roughly the same but a few differences that I want to compare then sync in both directions. They have folders and sub-folders, here's the one that gives me issues:

X:\Documents\Apart
and
Y:\Documents\Apart

They each have sub-folders; altogether there are some 70-odd files on each side. Using the Windows "Properties" parameter to look at each "Apart" sub-folder, they both have the same number of files (72 files, 9 folders) and occupy exactly the same number of bytes on disc. So they are indeed identical and don't need syncing.

Here's the problem:
If I compare X:\Documents\Apart and Y:\Documents\Apart I see no results in the list, and a message "All files are in sync". So far so good.
BUT, if I compare X:\Documents and Y:\Documents then FFS wants to copy the sub-folder "Apart" from L to R and from R to L.

I've noticed this before, and just let it drop - but these are important files, I can't risk losing or damaging them.

Any ideas why this behaviour could show up?

TIA

[xCSxXenon]

Set FFS to compare X:\Documents and Y:\Documents, run a compare, and post a screenshot of the results.
The issue seems to lie in the naming of the "Documents" folders, almost like one uses a special character that looks like a regular letter. You can also confirm the names by opening CMD, navigating to each driver, running 'dir', and then comparing the folder names in there. I have see folders where the displaying text is different than the actual name in the filesystem.

[megadyne]

Thanks, good idea. Bit stuck right now but will it first thing in the morning.

[megadyne]

Grrh. "will try it ..."

[megadyne]

Problem solved, thanks to your suggestion to use CMD window, etc. There was a one-letter difference in the sub-folder names (which are a bit more complicated than the shortened version I gave above) which isn't obvious when the sub-folders are selected explicitly. Another case of seeing what you expect to see, not what is actually there.

Thank you!