diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/dlgExportImport.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/dlgExportImport.cs
index 1606a03a..f1e052bf 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/dlgExportImport.cs	
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/dlgExportImport.cs	
@@ -947,14 +947,16 @@ namespace VEPROMS
 						pi = AddProcedure(xd.DocumentElement, dvi, pi);
 						GC.Collect(); // need to cleanup memory after importing each procedure due to use of Regular Expressions in processing RO and Transition links
 					}
-					DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(PEIPath);
-					DirectoryInfo[] dis = di.GetDirectories();
-					for (int d = 0; d < dis.Length; d++)
-						dis[d].Delete(true);
 					lblImportStatus.Text = "Updating Transitions";
 					AddTransitions();
 					FixFloatingFoldouts();
 					SaveTransitionAndItemContentIDs();
+					// B2026-034 remove the folders created from un-ziping the import set file - this was done prior to updating transitions
+					//           so if there was an issue deleting these temporay folders and files, the actual importing will be completed
+					DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(PEIPath);
+					DirectoryInfo[] dis = di.GetDirectories();
+					for (int d = 0; d < dis.Length; d++)
+						dis[d].Delete(true);
 					return true;
 				}
 			}