Problem moving files in Lightroom 5 UPDATED AGAIN

Hello,
I recently changed from LR3 to 5.2 and have a problem I hope someone can help with.
I have a lot of pictures taken on a trip and have created somenew  folders within the original folder to place them into categories. When I drag files from the main folder into one of the new ones Lightroom creates a new file in the new folder , but also  leaves  one in  the original one. If I then delete the file from the original folder LR deletes it from the new one as well.
I have checked the preferences and catalog settings and read the instruction PDF but can't find anything to help.
I should point out that the catalog was created in LR3 and imported into LR5 and has behaved fine in all other respects.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Graham
UPDATE: I've just discovered that it is only that particular original folder that's affected. I am able to move files around into and out of other mother folders OK. Perhaps the folder I'm having thr problem with has been corrupted in some way?
Message was edited by: Mahargo
Further Update: If I open Adobe Bridge I can move the files around as I please, so I guess I can use this as a workaround. (Couldn't do that in Windows Explorer as you can't view DNG files there). I'd still be grateful if anyone can shed light on this. I'll investigate further tomorrow and post again if I find an answer.
Message was twice edited by: Mahargo

I'm also having an issue with degraded exports. Here is a screencap of the RAW file
Here's a screen capture of the exported image after I've re-imported it into lightroom. This is a JPG with sRGB and 100% quality. It's resized on export with 3264pixel long edge at 240dpi.
Here's a screen capture of the same JPG viewed in Windows Photo Viewer, but it looks the same in web browsers too.
What changed? Why is there so much dark black color running into the photo? It's like a printer is printing too much black. I want to export it so that it looks the same in all other viewers as it does in photoshop.

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