:e c:\notes\ vs. :Exp

[striker]

In Vim 7.0 on Windows XP, if I do the following:

  :e h:/notes/
I cannot close the buffer via :bd
If I :cd h:/notes/   and then open the dir via  :Exp  ,  then the :bd  
command works fine.

Any insight as to why this occurs would be helpful.


TIA,
Kevin