Sorting into a subfolder not created by hazel

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Sorting into a subfolder not created by hazel Fri Feb 02, 2024 8:53 am • by samcg
Hi, At the beginning of a project, I often have an automation to create a folder structure. For example, at the starting of preparing for a wedding I have hookmark create a subfolder in my "Wedding" folder called "Prepare for %coupleName%'s Wedding". Later on, I create varying documents in the "Wedding" which want to automatically sort into those subfolder based on the couples name, which is always in the document title.

I have a hazel rule to sort into subfolder: "Prepare for %coupleName%'s Wedding"

Whenever Hazel runs the filing rule, it is creating a new folder with the pattern "Prepare for %coupleName%'s Wedding" rather than sorting into the pre-existing subfolder. Any idea how to make it recognise the already existing folder?

Thanks for your help
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Are you sure the name matches exactly? Can you post screenshots of both folders?
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Re: Sorting into a subfolder not created by hazel Fri Feb 02, 2024 11:26 am • by samcg
I think so, here's the rule and folders:

https://imgur.com/a/DxMUkK1
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I think the single quote is different (' vs ’).
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