Perplexed....

1. I have a folder named "pristine items." In it I have an item that when I drag it onto the ground, it auto attaches to my hud. When I do this, instead of the object in the "pristine items" folder showing as worn, there is an entry in my "Objects" folder showing the object as worn. Huh? If I edit the object, am I really editing the one in the pristine folder?

2. All of the sudden, one of the items I have been working on now rezzes from inventory upside down. I did NOT change the rotation.

They really need to auto add version numbers to the objects....

Almost certainly, the "pristine" object has copy permission, so when you rez it, you're actually creating a copy that shows up in the Objects folder when attached. (It must be asking your permission before auto-attaching, though, right?)

(There's a remote possibility that these are two distinct objects, the Object folder one rezzed by a copy of the one in the pristine folder when you rez it--and that pristine copy destroys itself--but that's not the most parsimonious explanation. That wouldn't work on a no-script parcel, so if one were really curious it would be possible to determine if that was what was going on.

Anyway, to answer the question: no, those are two distinct instances, and you can't edit the "pristine" one by editing the "Objects" one.I've seen this happen when I attached an object and then later rezzed it on the ground. Think it depends on the attachment point used, somehow.