# Rapidweaver creating an extra folder every time a file is being saved **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\ **Created:** [July 23, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rapidweaver-creating-an-extra-folder-every-time-a-file-is-being-saved/683 "2015-07-23T16:55:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jeu](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jeu/32/14289_2.png) [@Jeu](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Jeu)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rapidweaver-creating-an-extra-folder-every-time-a-file-is-being-saved/683/1 "2015-07-23T16:55:54Z")
Hi, Since the last two versions RW is creating an extra folder every time a file is being saved. For example this folder name is “filename.rw6.sb-451708d2-40cKGV”. The folder name always includes “sb” , has several subfolders and after a while these folders can take up a lot of space on the harddisk. Is this normal behaviour of RW? ---
**Author:** ![garth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@garth](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/garth)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rapidweaver-creating-an-extra-folder-every-time-a-file-is-being-saved/683/2 "2015-07-24T14:39:20Z")
I’ve noticed this too! ---
**Author:** ![DMillington](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dmillington/32/6755_2.png) [@DMillington](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/DMillington)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 11:02pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rapidweaver-creating-an-extra-folder-every-time-a-file-is-being-saved/683/3 "2015-08-05T23:02:51Z")
I am having the same issue and it’s quite bothersome. I don’t like having to drag these folders to the garbage every time I save my project(s). Can someone from RW please tell us how to make it STOP? ---
**Author:** ![Jeu](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jeu/32/14289_2.png) [@Jeu](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Jeu)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rapidweaver-creating-an-extra-folder-every-time-a-file-is-being-saved/683/4 "2015-08-06T11:57:36Z")
I hope that someone from RealMac comes up with a solution or, at least an explanation of why these folders are being created and if it is safe to remove them. ---
**Author:** ![nikf](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/nikf/32/10_2.png) [@nikf](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/nikf)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rapidweaver-creating-an-extra-folder-every-time-a-file-is-being-saved/683/5 "2015-08-06T12:09:48Z")
These are temporary folders that the system should clear up. Are you experiencing it with a project that has _just_ a styled text page in? We’ve seen this reported before, but never able to recreate (which may point to a third-party plugin causing issues). —Nik ---
**Author:** ![Mark419](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/mark419/32/188_2.png) [@Mark419](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Mark419)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rapidweaver-creating-an-extra-folder-every-time-a-file-is-being-saved/683/6 "2015-08-06T14:17:26Z")
That happened to me a couple versions back. Going crazy deleting 100’s of folders! It corrected itself as suddenly as it started, no idea what was causing it. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Jeu](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jeu/32/14289_2.png) [@Jeu](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Jeu)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rapidweaver-creating-an-extra-folder-every-time-a-file-is-being-saved/683/7 "2015-08-06T17:05:13Z")
The website that I’m experiencing this problem with is very comprehensive, 35 MB in size and consists of very few styled text but also contains a lot of Pluskit photo galleries, some videofilms and five offsite pages. This afternoon I changed some text to check if this would create a folder as I described in my first post and it indeed created a folder “wportal-def.rw6.sb-451708d2-TC1FeA”. ---
**Author:** ![DMillington](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dmillington/32/6755_2.png) [@DMillington](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/DMillington)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rapidweaver-creating-an-extra-folder-every-time-a-file-is-being-saved/683/8 "2015-08-13T16:45:06Z")
I’ve been dumping them in the trash and it hasn’t removed/changed my final saved version at all. I just don’t like the clutter it’s creating every time I save a project. ---
**Author:** ![Roger](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/roger/32/1423_2.png) [@Roger](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Roger)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rapidweaver-creating-an-extra-folder-every-time-a-file-is-being-saved/683/9 "2015-11-06T18:27:51Z")
Hi there, the thread is a little bit older, but I think, the problem isn’t solved. ?? The same phenomen started at my docs at the 28.10.2015 after I imported or worked with stacks with some elements. When I started with some RW-Base-elements (Text/Album etc) nothing happens. Only when I save a special stacksdoc or I imported this element (cut&Paste - or dragging). After I openend the reduced documents onto the same elements I saved them and opened the rw6-sandwichfile with textedit. And what a surprise! The file with the save-problem has a much bigger content.plist file in the first level. Here are the both files, reduced on one page \> [http://www.bdax.de/bdaxbilder/RW.zip](http://www.bdax.de/bdaxbilder/RW.zip) Part of \> [http://www.kunsthandel-georg-boehringer.de/](http://www.kunsthandel-georg-boehringer.de/) What are your experience with your documents? Roger \> RW 6.3.5 / Stacks 3.0.2 / IMac 10.11.1 ---
**Author:** ![Jeu](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jeu/32/14289_2.png) [@Jeu](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Jeu)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rapidweaver-creating-an-extra-folder-every-time-a-file-is-being-saved/683/10 "2015-11-06T21:08:20Z")
Hi Roger, This problem I experienced with the temporary folders which were created but not removed after closing RW suddenly disappeared. I already had forgotten about it. I cant open the files which you sent me because I do not own that theme. So I can’t look into it anymore. I’m sorry I can’t help you. ---
**Author:** ![ferbis](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ferbis/32/1838_2.png) [@ferbis](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ferbis)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rapidweaver-creating-an-extra-folder-every-time-a-file-is-being-saved/683/11 "2016-02-16T21:52:21Z")
Hi Guys! I´ve been experiencing something similar for this past few days; I get tons of folders, RW sometimes show me “Error on last Exit” but I can´t send this because of another error saying “time out”, nor can RW save my files sometimes. This is very new for me, as I´ve been using ![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/2X/6/6563172cdfb35936228e494de31e7d8a1101f07d.jpg) RW since started many years ago. ![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/2X/9/9b0dde1e03cbfc22bf249bb490c0a7f4aa3c1d89.jpg)