Here is the code that processes these files (up to failure):

sub PopulateTree {
  my $path = shift; my $hashref = shift;
  wlog("Looking in $path...");
  $pathcount++;
  #Added to get rid of empty dirs
  my $fixedpath = TrimPath($path);
  unless (-d $fixedpath) {
    mkdir $fixedpath, 0777;
    push @badpaths, $path;
    wlog( "Bad path found.  Marked for deletion." );
  }    
  my $dir = new IO::Dir;
  my @dirContents;
  unless ($dir->open($path)) {
    warn("Couldn't open directory $path: $!\n");
    return undef;
  };
  unless (@dirContents = $dir->read()) {
    warn("Couldn't read directory $path: $!\n");
    return undef;
  };
  # now look at each item and decide what to do with it
  if (($#dirContents == 1) && ($path ne $inDir)) {
      push @badpaths, $path;
      push @badpaths, $fixedpath;
    wlog( "Empty path found.  Marked for deletion." );
  }
  ITEM:
  foreach my $item (@dirContents) {
    if (($item eq '.') || ($item eq '..')) {
      next ITEM;
    };
    if (-d $path.$item) {
      # it's a directory, create an item entry for it
      $hashref->{$item} = {
        Type => 'Dir',
        Contents => {}
      }; 
      # get its contents
      unless (PopulateTree($path.$item.'/', $hashref->{$item}->{Conten
+ts})) {
        warn("PopulateTree failed");
        return undef;
      };
    } elsif (-f _) {
      # create an item entry for it
      $hashref->{$item} = {
        Type => 'File',};
      } else {
          wlog("$path$item is not a directory or file.");
          
    };
  };
   return 1;
};
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Output:

Looking in C:/Documents and Settings/jmaggard/Desktop/New Folder/... 
C:/Documents and Settings/jmaggard/Desktop/New Folder/ Pg. 1_ 3 Col. x
+ 18? is not a directory or file. 
C:/Documents and Settings/jmaggard/Desktop/New Folder/ Pg. 2_ 3 Col. x
+ 14? is not a directory or file. 
C:/Documents and Settings/jmaggard/Desktop/New Folder/ Pg. 3_ 2 Col. x
+ 13? & 18? is not a directory or file. 
C:/Documents and Settings/jmaggard/Desktop/New Folder/ Pg. 4_ 2 x 13? 
+& 3 x 14? is not a directory or file.
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The filename in hex:

20 50 67 2E 20 34 5F 20 32 20 78 20 31 33 3F 20 26 20 33 20 78 20 31 3
+4 3F
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A screenshot of the file in explorer: http://nothing4sale.org/graphics/funk_folder_snap.jpg

Thanks for your help!
Das Ham

Edit by tye, make link of URL