# Folderitem.exists vs folderitem.trueexists

**URL:** <https://forum.xojo.com/t/folderitem-exists-vs-folderitem-trueexists/71744>\
**Category:** Getting Started\
**Created:** [August 15, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/folderitem-exists-vs-folderitem-trueexists/71744 "2022-08-15T21:06:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_Fatte](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@John\_Fatte](https://forum.xojo.com/u/John_Fatte)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/folderitem-exists-vs-folderitem-trueexists/71744/1 "2022-08-15T21:06:15Z")

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Just wondering what the difference is between these two, especially since the new documentation only includes “exists”. Strangely, intellisense lists both?

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**Author:** ![Gilles\_Plante](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/gilles_plante/32/667_2.png) [@Gilles\_Plante](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Gilles_Plante)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/folderitem-exists-vs-folderitem-trueexists/71744/2 "2022-08-15T21:21:32Z")

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Where have you seen folder.trueexists ?

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**Author:** ![Emile\_Schwarz](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@Emile\_Schwarz](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Emile_Schwarz)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 7:05am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/folderitem-exists-vs-folderitem-trueexists/71744/3 "2022-08-16T07:05:35Z")

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If TrueExits… Exits, I suppose it works for Alias files.

Have a look at TrueChild… in the old API.

In the current Xojo versions, look at:

 ![image](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d82402e89b85438d795922e427a293556a8b0cea.jpeg)

Forget the Constructor: the screen shot is one line too height…

[https://documentation.xojo.com/api/files/folderitem.html#folderitem-exists](https://documentation.xojo.com/api/files/folderitem.html#folderitem-exists)

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**Author:** ![Carsten\_Belling](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/carsten_belling/32/11665_2.png) [@Carsten\_Belling](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Carsten_Belling)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 8:20am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/folderitem-exists-vs-folderitem-trueexists/71744/4 "2022-08-16T08:20:38Z")

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Maybe it’s your own extension method or it comes from a plugin.

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**Author:** ![John\_Fatte](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@John\_Fatte](https://forum.xojo.com/u/John_Fatte)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/folderitem-exists-vs-folderitem-trueexists/71744/5 "2022-08-16T14:36:15Z")

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Ok, my bad. We have an extension to Folderitem that one of our developers did to work around the “exists” problem when you have a UNC folder selected.

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**Author:** ![Emile\_Schwarz](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@Emile\_Schwarz](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Emile_Schwarz)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 6:44am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/folderitem-exists-vs-folderitem-trueexists/71744/6 "2022-08-17T06:44:27Z")

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> [@John\_Fatte](#):
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> UNC

Universal Naming Convention ?

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**Author:** ![John\_Fatte](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@John\_Fatte](https://forum.xojo.com/u/John_Fatte)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/folderitem-exists-vs-folderitem-trueexists/71744/7 "2022-08-17T21:01:18Z")

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Yes, I think on Windows it may not return true if you are using a Universal Naming Convention.