Duplicate/phantom folders in Bridge

I'm having a little trouble believing this is a Bridge problem, but its the only place these show up, so...
Windows 7, 64-bit, CS6 13.0.1, LR4, Bridge 5.0.2.4
I do my organizing in Lightroom 4. And recently, I've reorganized some files in folders, and RENAMED folders in Lightroom. If you use Lightroom you're probably aware of how bothersome it is to resync everything, so it's easier just to do the fiddling and renaming there.
BUT, I still use Bridge for a variety of things.
Recently in Bridge (within the last couple days is the first time I've seen it), I'm getting sort-of duplicate folders in bridge. My image structure looks like
IMG_024_20070331 - so it's the 24th folder of images, and the date of the LAST image is 3/31/2007
If I reorganize and move files, I may rename the folder IMG_024_20070413 so it's STILL the 24th folder and the last image is now from 4/13/2007
Its a simple system and it makes it easy to find things when I'm searching 'cause I usually know the date or approximate date...
BUT, even though Windows Explorer KNOWS there's only 1 folder - IMG_024_20070413, as does Lightroom, xplorer2, and as near as I can tell, every other piece of software on the system,
Bridge, still shows IMG_024_20070331 as well as IMG_024_20070413...
I have a half dozen of these folders where Bridge is still showing the old folder as well as the renamed one...........
I've compacted cache. I've FLUSHED cache. I've rebooted and completely DELETED the entire fold structure on the partition that holds nothing BUT cache.
I've shutdown and restarted Bridge and pretty much everything else I can think of.
Is there somewhere that Bridge keeps additional information I need to delete? Is there something I need to refresh? And I've been renaming these folders intermittently for the last couple months. WHY is it only showing up now and only with the last few folders? The update checker SAYS I'm current at 5.0.2.4, but I don't know when it got updated...
What am I missing?

Workflow... A couple weeks ago I decided it was time to reload from scratch, so I re-installed Windows 7. Which meant re-installing Photoshop and all that stuff. Which meant it did all the updates.
I've been doing other stuff, so I'm not sure I've been in Bridge where I'd have noticed the problem in the last week or so, which is about how long I've had all the new installs up and running...
So, it's a brute force "fix", but I opened Bridge and dithe "reset your preferences" thing. Then immediately un-installed all the Photoshop stuff and re-installed all the Photoshop stuff. When I restarted Bridge I pointed the cache at a different partition......
I have NO idea WHICH thing fixed it, but no more phantom folders... Curt, your idea about workflow finally got me thinking WHY was I only seeing recent folders as phantoms rather than ALL the ones I'd fiddled with... And the ones I WAS seeing were all recent - in the last week or so. So WHY it'd make any difference I don't know, but it appears to be happy again. I'll try fiddling with stuff in Lightroom, make sure no new phantom folders show up, then if it's good I"ll point things back to the "cache" partition...
Thanks for your help...

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You asked....
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When you create keywords in Bridge, the metadata is stored in the xmp file in unicode 8 format.
While that sounds like software techno babble, a point emerges.
When Bridge reads the xmp file it reports on keywords that already exist within your own keyword library and this is indicated by a floating italic keyword.
While this does not harm anything, it is a mess to read and organize.
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You must follow these steps EXACTLY or you may create the need to re-keword files.
1. Create a new UNIQUE keyword. I suggest capital "AAAA" (no quotes) since this places the keyword at the very top of your keywords.
2. Do a Find with the keyword of interest. (typically one of the italic keywords that appear but choose the keyword in your Keyword Library and Not the italic keyword)
3. Once the files are found, check the keyword in the Filter panel ON THE LEFT side of the Bridge screen where the keyword lists appear. (your Keyword Library is the panel on the right of the screen)
4. Select ALL in the browser window.
5. On the right side of the screen in the Keyword Library apply "AAAA" (or unique keyword of your choice) to the selected files. (no quotes) WAIT!.... for Bridge to COMPLETELY finish writing the metadata. (thousands of files can take some time, just watch the lower left progress indicator carefully!!!! and if you have tens of thousands consider using this technique to individual folders rather than entire root directories BE WISE!.... too many files can run Bridge out of memory and create a new problem)
6. On the left side of the screen in the Filter keyword lists panel, check AAAA.
7. On the right side of the screen in the keywords library panel navigate to where you would prefer to have the duplicate keyword located just so you know where it is.... Do NOT apply.
8. On the right side of the screen where the italic duplicate keyword appears (alphabetically as it works out) uncheck the duplicate italic keyword and WAIT for bridge to COMPLETELY finish erasing the italic keyword.
Here's the trick.
What you have done is made a unique selection based a unique find and applied the unique keyword AAAA and have instructed Bridge to show all files within the unique search that NOW have the keyword AAAA and have erased the keyword that you used to do a Find, ie, the duplicate. (you will see that the unique word you used to do the Find will now be italic and "0" in the Filter keywords lists on the left side of the screen.
All the photos will remain selected because they are now identified by AAAA.
Now for the next step.
9. In the Keyword Library on the right side of the screen, Navigate to the place where you wish the duplicate keyword to be located in step 7.
10. Check the keyword and apply the keyword from the place where you want it (step 7) and WAIT for Bridge to COMPLETELY finish writing the metadata keyword. (the keyword lists on the left will no longer be italic and will be the exact number of files you selected)
11. IMPORTANT!!!!!...... now uncheck AAAA in the keyword library to remove AAAA from the Filter keyword lists on the left. YOU MUST DO THIS AND NOT FORGET.
(verify that AAAA is now italic and has "0" files)
Believe it or not, you are done!
You have now removed the italic keyword on the right permanently.
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The italic duplicate keyword you see is in Ram and will not go away until you Quit and ReLaunch Bridge.
Like magic, the duplicate italic keyword has vanished.
You must repeat this technique for EVERY file that has a duplicate keyword whether you created it or not otherwise the duplicate italic keyword will once again reappear.
I VERY STRONGLY SUGGEST.... that you repeat these steps For ONE duplicate keyword Find at a time, in fact I cannot suggest this strongly enough. One Keyword At A Time.
While you can use this technique for more than one keyword at a time, you will only cause more work as you go through this process.
Sound complicated?..... its not..... do this once or twice and see that it is easier done than said.
PS
I have more than a million files keyworded and had to use this technique myself. (I devised this technique out of pure necessity and if followed and understood.... it works perfectly)

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I've been doing other stuff, so I'm not sure I've been in Bridge where I'd have noticed the problem in the last week or so, which is about how long I've had all the new installs up and running...
So, it's a brute force "fix", but I opened Bridge and dithe "reset your preferences" thing. Then immediately un-installed all the Photoshop stuff and re-installed all the Photoshop stuff. When I restarted Bridge I pointed the cache at a different partition......
I have NO idea WHICH thing fixed it, but no more phantom folders... Curt, your idea about workflow finally got me thinking WHY was I only seeing recent folders as phantoms rather than ALL the ones I'd fiddled with... And the ones I WAS seeing were all recent - in the last week or so. So WHY it'd make any difference I don't know, but it appears to be happy again. I'll try fiddling with stuff in Lightroom, make sure no new phantom folders show up, then if it's good I"ll point things back to the "cache" partition...
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