If you move a file to Workbench 1.3 from the PC and it doesn't have an associated filename.info (icon) file, can you really not see it in Workbench? Or even a folder? You can only access the file(s) via Shell or 3rd party directory programs (like DirWork, DirOpus, etc.)?
That seems incredible to believe. I must be doing something wrong.
My workaround for folder creation has been to use an "Empty" folder found on the WB disk. Drag it wherever, then rename it. Otherwise, I can never see the folder from the Workbench side. There's probably a head-slapper easier way around it, but I don't see it.
In 3.1, you can move whatever you want over and there is a "Show Files" WB option you can use to make everything appear. Easy as pie. Right now, for me at least, it's like I have two separate file views. The workbench view, and the DirOpus (or Shell) view. It's a little schizophrenic.