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Compress these folders with LZX, on reboot it shows x8 and x8 on two folders

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
visualbasic

Research direction

The issue provides only an attached image and no file, test, or entry point. Start by identifying what the image shows about the two folders after reboot, then reproduce the LZX compression behavior and define the expected folder state before locating the relevant Windows compression handling.

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