createdirectory not working

Hi guys,   I have dynamically created folders to store a htm file in and it seems the createdirectory is not creating the directory for me.
  I have ran checks with msg boxes to see what it sees and the file path is there and created and the msgboxs claims they are there.
Then I tried to run the code to just creating the directory. Result? The code ran but when I rechecked the solution explorer(refreshed and refreshed again) the directory is not there...   Here is my code:   Dim userFilesString As String = "~\UserFiles\" & Session("UserName").ToString & "\Manuscripts" Dim manuscriptPath As String
        Dim chapterPath As String
        Dim versionPath As Stri ...