Why two of the same folder?

I'm getting two of the same folders somehow and I don't know how to fix it.
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What you are seeing is two of the same folder showing up in LR, but their files within each are different. How can I combine these folders so that they correctly show the architecture of my hard drive as one folder?
Additionally, how do I prevent this in the future?
Thank you,
J

Beat,
I'm doing something wrong and I don't know what it could possibly be as I seem to be following your instructions very closely. Here are your instructions with my questions in Red:
How to consolidate:
"Add Parent Folder" on all the folders to be consolidated, so you end up with as few top level folders as possible So, on both sets of "2010" I right click and hit Add Parent Folder so now they both have "Lightroom" as the parent folder
On all of the top level folders under a "non strategic" drive, choose "Update Folder Location ..."
Navigate to the folder on the network share through the path which you want to use in the future (one of the three described above) After I right click, I only have one option... to navigate in my Mac Finder to where the "Lightroom" (Parent) folder is
Now LR will (rightly so) tell you that the selected folder already exists in LR and asks you whether you want to combine the two folders
After I do all of the above things don't go exactly as planned. Do you know if your method only works for PC's? Does anyone know of a Mac solution that will work without disturbing the metdata and image changes?

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Find text and replace with a pdf stored in the same folder

Hello,
I have a catalog that is updated every so often. I have written a script to find/replace the text from a .txt file. but i have a pdf that i want to insert that is part of it as well. Inside the .txt file i have the name of the document. and the pdf is stored inside the same folder as the original .indd and the .txt file.
can someone point me at some examples on how this could be done.
Thanks

I use this script: it puts a txt in a text frame, check the overflow and find/replace some words with a pdf. Hope this is helpful.
Paolo
/************************FLOW************************************************
* This function looks for Overflows in the story and either resizes the           *
* frame to the size of the margins (if necesary) or adds a new page and     *
* a new frame, which is then linked to the previous frame.esizes the           *
function flow(){
    for(var i = 0; i < app.activeDocument.pages.count(); i++)
        for(var b = 0; b < app.activeDocument.pages[i].textFrames.count(); b++)
            if(app.activeDocument.pages[i].textFrames[b].overflows == true )
                var currentPage = myDocument.pages[i];
                var myPageNo = currentPage.name;
                var currentFrame=currentPage.textFrames[b];
                var e =currentFrame.geometricBounds[0];
                var f =currentFrame.geometricBounds[1];
                var g =currentFrame.geometricBounds[2];
                var h =currentFrame.geometricBounds[3];
                if(myPageNo %2==0){
                    var myMargins =currentPage.marginPreferences;
                    var a = currentPage.bounds[0]+myMargins.top;
                    var b = currentPage.bounds[1]+myMargins.right;
                    var c = currentPage.bounds[2]-myMargins.bottom;
                    var d = currentPage.bounds[3]-myMargins.left;
                else{
                    var myMargins =currentPage.marginPreferences;
                    var a = currentPage.bounds[0]+myMargins.top;
                    var b = currentPage.bounds[1]+myMargins.left;
                    var c = currentPage.bounds[2]-myMargins.bottom;
                    var d = currentPage.bounds[3]-myMargins.right;
                if (g < c)
                    currentFrame.geometricBounds = [a,b,c,d];
                else if (g==c){
                var newPage = myDocument.pages.add(LocationOptions.AFTER, currentPage);
                currentPage = newPage;
                myPageNo = currentPage.name;
                if(myPageNo %2==0){
                    var myMargins =currentPage.marginPreferences;
                    var a = currentPage.bounds[0]+myMargins.top;
                    var b = currentPage.bounds[1]+myMargins.right;
                    var c = currentPage.bounds[2]-myMargins.bottom;
                    var d = currentPage.bounds[3]-myMargins.left;
                    var newFrame = currentPage.textFrames.add({geometricBounds:[a,b,c,d]});
                    newFrame.textFramePreferences.textColumnCount = 7;
                    newFrame.previousTextFrame = currentFrame;
                else{
                    var myMargins =currentPage.marginPreferences;
                    var a = currentPage.bounds[0]+myMargins.top;
                    var b = currentPage.bounds[1]+myMargins.left;
                    var c = currentPage.bounds[2]-myMargins.bottom;
                    var d = currentPage.bounds[3]-myMargins.right;
                    var newFrame = currentPage.textFrames.add({geometricBounds:[a,b,c,d]});
                    newFrame.textFramePreferences.textColumnCount = 7;
                    newFrame.previousTextFrame = currentFrame;
//************************************END FLOW FUNCTION*********************************************
/*******************TextPlacer***************************
    this script will add a text file in an existing text frame
    Questo file deve essere copiato nella cartella Script di InDesign
function myGetBounds(myDocument, myPage){
var myPageWidth = myDocument.documentPreferences.pageWidth;
var myPageHeight = myDocument.documentPreferences.pageHeight
if(myPage.side == PageSideOptions.leftHand){
var myX2 = myPage.marginPreferences.left;
var myX1 = myPage.marginPreferences.right;
else{
var myX1 = myPage.marginPreferences.left;
var myX2 = myPage.marginPreferences.right;
var myY1 = myPage.marginPreferences.top;
var myX2 = myPageWidth - myX2;
var myY2 = myPageHeight - myPage.marginPreferences.bottom;
return [myY1, myX1, myY2, myX2];
/*******************ImagePlacer***************************
    this script will addimages to the document by
    substituting them with the name of the image file
    between @s (file format included[@mypic.bmp@]),
    selecting them from a specified file (see below)
    and applying object styles to them, as well as
    applying the right tab i necesary.
    It then looks for overflows in the document. If an
    overset is found, it will resize to margin size the
    text frame and if overset continues, it will add a
    new page and frame, which then will be linked
    to the previous frame, allowing the story flow.
    Questo file deve essere copiato nella cartella Script di InDesign
//Creates a new document using the specified document preset.
//Replace "myDocumentPreset" in the following line with the name
//of the document preset you want to use.
var myDocument = app.documents.add(true,app.documentPresets.item("Preset"));
//If the active document has not been saved (ever), save it.
if(app.activeDocument.saved == false){
//If you do not provide a file name, InDesign displays the Save dialog box.
app.activeDocument.save(new File("/Users/Paolo/Desktop/Documento.indd"));
function main()
var myDocument = app.documents.item(0);
var myPage = myDocument.pages.item(0);
var myTextFrame = myPage.textFrames.add({geometricBounds:myGetBounds(myDocument,myPage)});
myTextFrame.textFramePreferences.textColumnCount = 7;
myTextFrame.place(File("/Users/Paolo/Desktop/text.txt"));
//Place a text file in the text frame.
//Parameters for TextFrame.place():
//File as File object,
//[ShowingOptions as Boolean = False]
//You'll have to fill in your own file path.
//Define GREP search
var grepFind ="@@@.+@@@";
//Folders name where there are pdf, must be in the same place of the file
var myFiguresFolder = "testatine";
// Applied paragraph style
var myPStyle = myDocument.paragraphStyles.item("Paragraphstyle");
var NextPStyleCS = myDocument.paragraphStyles.item("Par_Style");
var NextPStyleEN = myDocument.paragraphStyles.item("Par_Style_en");
var NextPStyleDE = myDocument.paragraphStyles.item("Par_Style_de");
// Applied text style
var myCStyle = myDocument.characterStyles.item("text");
//Applied object style
var myOStyle = "";
var oStyle_1 = myDocument.objectStyles.item("Pictures");
var oStyle_2 = myDocument.objectStyles.item("Pictures");
var oStyle_3 = myDocument.objectStyles.item("Pictures");
//MEASUREMENTS
var maxWidth = 467; //Maximum width of an image
var maxHeight = 666; //Maximum Height of an image
var colWidth = 468; //Width of the main columb (340pt) + maximum Tab (128pt)
var maxTab = 0;
var xTab;
var xtTab;
var minTWidth = 340; //any image with a width below this will have the maximum Tab (maxTab) applied.
var PWidth; //Width of the Picture
var PHeight;//Picture Height
var myTotal;
//---------------------------------ALERTS---------------------------------\\
var notSaved = "Documento non salvato; devi prima salvare il documento";
var noFolder = "No such folder exists; "+myFiguresFolder;
var noImageMessage = "No Images were found";
var finished = " immagini sostituite"
//---------------------------------ALERTS---------------------------------\\
/************************END OF STORY*****************************************
* The object of this bit of programming is to add an empty paragraph break *
* at the end of the story, in order to make the actual script work in the case   *
* that the LAST paragraph were a TABLE                                                              *
var findEnd_of_Story = "\\r(?=\\z)" //GREP for End of Story                        //
app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;                              //
app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;                         //
app.findGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = myPStyle;              //
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = findEnd_of_Story;                      //
var fItems = myDocument.findGrep();                                              //
var myC = fItems.length-1;                                                             //
if (fItems =!0){                                                                              //
    do{                                                                                             //
        if (fItems.appliedParagraphStyle = myPStyle){                          //
            cItem = fItems[myC]                                                          //
            app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = "$0\\r";                  //
    myDocument.changeGrep();                                                       //
myC--;                                                                                           //
while (myC >= 0);                                                                       //
try{
var myDocPath = myDocument.filePath; //Complete Path to the Current Document
catch (myError){
alert (notSaved);
//throw("");
return;
var myFFldr =Folder(myDocPath+"/"+myFiguresFolder); //Complete Path in which the figures to be placed should be found
if(myFFldr.exists){
    flow();
    app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
    app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = grepFind;
    var myFoundItems = app.activeDocument.findGrep();
    var myCounter = myFoundItems.length-1
    myTotal = myCounter+1;
    for (i = myCounter; i >=0; i--) {
        var myName = myFoundItems[i].contents.replace (/@/g, "");
        app.selection = myFoundItems[i];
        var fFig=app.selection[0];//Found text for
        var cPStyle= fFig.appliedParagraphStyle;
        var myFile = new File( myFFldr + "/" + myName);
        if (myFile.exists) {
            var cFig = fFig.place(myFile);
            var sFig = cFig[0].parent;
          switch (cPStyle){
              case (myPStyle):
              myOStyle =oStyle_1;
              PWidth = sFig.geometricBounds[3] - sFig.geometricBounds[1];
              PHeight = sFig.geometricBounds[2] - sFig.geometricBounds[0];
              if (PWidth >= minTWidth){
                  xTab = (colWidth-PWidth);
              else{
                  xTab =maxTab;
              var currentPar = sFig.parent.paragraphs.item(0);
              currentPar.leftIndent = xTab;
              var nextPar= currentPar.insertionPoints[-1].paragraphs[0];
              var nextParStyle = nextPar.appliedParagraphStyle;
              if (nextParStyle == NextPStyleCS||nextParStyle ==NextPStyleEN||nextParStyle == NextPStyleDE){
                  xtTab = xTab
              else {
                  xtTab = nextPar.leftIndent;
              nextPar.leftIndent =xtTab;
              sFig.appliedObjectStyle = myOStyle;
              cPStyle = "";
              break;
              case (myPStyle):
              myOStyle = oStyle_3;
              sFig.appliedObjectStyle = myOStyle;
              cPStyle = "";
              break;
              default:
              myOStyle = oStyle_2;
              sFig.appliedObjectStyle = myOStyle;
              cPStyle = "";
              break;
          var oFig = sFig;
          sFig = ""
flow();
//alert(myTotal + finished);
else{
    alert(noFolder);
var myDocument = app.documents.item(0);
//Clear the find/change grep preferences.
app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
//Set the find options.
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeFootnotes = false;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeHiddenLayers = false;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeLockedLayersForFind = false;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeLockedStoriesForFind = false;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages = false;
//Regular expression to use
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "<(.+?)>";
//Apply the change to 24-point text only.
//app.findGrepPreferences.pointSize = 24;
//app.changeGrepPreferences.underline = true;
    var myFoundItems = app.activeDocument.findGrep();
    var myCounter = myFoundItems.length-1
    myTotal = myCounter+1;
    //alert("occorrenze" + myTotal);
    app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo= "$1";
    app.changeGrepPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle= myDocument.characterStyles.item("head");
   myDocument.changeGrep();
for (i = myCounter; i >=0; i--) {
        var myName = myFoundItems[i].contents.replace ("/</g", "");
        var myName = myFoundItems[i].contents.replace ("/>/g", "");
        app.selection = myFoundItems[i];
        var fFig=app.selection[0];//Found text for
        var myCStyle = myDocument.characterStyles.item("head");
        app.selection[0].applyCharacterStyle(myCStyle, true);
//Clear the find/change preferences after the search.
app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
main();

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