Originally Posted By: hybrid8
However, I can't find a way to purge/delete from the disk all 8.3 aliases. I think that would solve the problem here.

One of the other folders that shows this issue is named "M.I.A." and neither it nor its sub-folders/files have any accents.

That's another interesting bit of evidence, when you consider that "M.I.A." is not a valid 8.3 filename (multiple dots weren't allowed).

Peter