Double-click automatically creates copy of a file

today my MacBook started automatically making copies of files when I double-click on them. So if I double-click a file on my desktop (such as a photo) rather than just opening the file, which is what i want to happen, it opens the file and creates a copy of the file on the desktop. this is annoying! it happens with files of all types. is there some setting that i can change? or is something wrong with the machine?

It is expected behavior, sir. This is what keeps DFSR from being too "chatty", or otherwise keeping replication traffic to an efficient minimum.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2008/12/17/understanding-file-date-time-behavior-in-dfsr-replication-and-better-ways-of-knowing-that-a-file-has-replicated.aspx
Another option could be to schedule a robocopy instead, customizing the switches that fit your use case:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc733145.aspx
Probably not what you wanted to hear, but I hope this helps.

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