Won't load extra_english.lang

[graykin]

I ran into a few problems when testing out an actual Custom Story that I made. For one, according to the hpl.log, it apparently is unable to load my extra_english.lang file:

ERROR: Couldn't load language file 'custom_stories/test/extra_english.lang'

The file is located there, there's no syntax problem, I have no idea why it can't load it. But that's not even the strangest thing that's happening to me.

Okay, for some reason, whenever I save a map file inside the "redist" folder, it will not actually appear when I search for it in my Windows Explorer, but when I look for it when I'm loading the map in the level editor, it appears just fine.

So since I cannot find the .map in my Windows Explorer, I can't delete it. What I attempted to do, to work around this oddity, was to delete the folder that the .map was located in (preserving anything that I DIDN'T want to delete). So I did just that, and I remade the folder with the same name and pasted all of the essential files back into it.

When I go back into the folder through the level editor explorer, THE FILE IS BACK, and I CAN LOAD IT!!!!! It never got deleted...apparently...but...but...how?

What on earth is going on!? Does anyone have any clue as to what my problem is? How do I exorcise this phantom from my computer?

Could it be, in any way possible, that what is happening with my extra_english.lang is also causing this problem?