Why won't folder contents copy to flash drive

When copying a file to a flash drive, I get an error saying the folder is already on the flash drive and won't copy anything except the folder itself, no contents.

I get the same error message, or one similar when trying yo copy to any other drive, external, flash, and from a flash to my external. This just started a couple of weeks ago. Never had a problem before. Not possible to reformat all my externals and flash drives.

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