diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveUtils.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveUtils.cs
index 6d598d1c82..2eeb637417 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveUtils.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveUtils.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using OpenMetaverse;
 using OpenSim.Framework;
 using OpenSim.Services.Interfaces;
 
@@ -38,6 +39,39 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Avatar.Inventory.Archiver
     public static class InventoryArchiveUtils
     {
         public static readonly string PATH_DELIMITER = "/";
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Find a folder given a PATH_DELIMITER delimited path starting from a user's root folder
+        /// </summary>        
+        ///
+        /// This method does not handle paths that contain multiple delimitors
+        ///
+        /// FIXME: We do not yet handle situations where folders have the same name.  We could handle this by some
+        /// XPath like expression
+        ///
+        /// FIXME: Delimitors which occur in names themselves are not currently escapable.
+        ///
+        /// <param name="inventoryService">
+        /// Inventory service to query
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="userId">
+        /// User id to search
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="path">
+        /// The path to the required folder.  
+        /// It this is empty or consists only of the PATH_DELIMTER then this folder itself is returned.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <returns>null if the folder is not found</returns>
+        public static InventoryFolderBase FindFolderByPath(
+            IInventoryService inventoryService, UUID userId, string path)
+        {
+            InventoryFolderBase rootFolder = inventoryService.GetRootFolder(userId);
+
+            if (null == rootFolder)
+                return null;
+
+            return FindFolderByPath(inventoryService, rootFolder, path);
+        }        
         
         /// <summary>
         /// Find a folder given a PATH_DELIMITER delimited path starting from this folder
@@ -91,6 +125,38 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Avatar.Inventory.Archiver
             // We didn't find a folder with the right name
             return null;
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Find an item given a PATH_DELIMITOR delimited path starting from the user's root folder.
+        ///
+        /// This method does not handle paths that contain multiple delimitors
+        ///
+        /// FIXME: We do not yet handle situations where folders or items have the same name.  We could handle this by some
+        /// XPath like expression
+        ///
+        /// FIXME: Delimitors which occur in names themselves are not currently escapable.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// 
+        /// <param name="inventoryService">
+        /// Inventory service to query
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="userId">
+        /// The user to search
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="path">
+        /// The path to the required item.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <returns>null if the item is not found</returns>
+        public static InventoryItemBase FindItemByPath(
+            IInventoryService inventoryService, UUID userId, string path)
+        {
+            InventoryFolderBase rootFolder = inventoryService.GetRootFolder(userId);
+
+            if (null == rootFolder)
+                return null;
+
+            return FindItemByPath(inventoryService, rootFolder, path);
+        }        
         
         /// <summary>
         /// Find an item given a PATH_DELIMITOR delimited path starting from this folder.
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/Tests/InventoryArchiverTests.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/Tests/InventoryArchiverTests.cs
index bdc2802d4c..50fd2b0756 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/Tests/InventoryArchiverTests.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/Tests/InventoryArchiverTests.cs
@@ -136,8 +136,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Avatar.Inventory.Archiver.Tests
             item1.AssetID = asset1.FullID;
             item1.ID = item1Id;
             InventoryFolderBase objsFolder 
-                = InventoryArchiveUtils.FindFolderByPath(
-                    scene.InventoryService, scene.InventoryService.GetRootFolder(userId), "Objects");
+                = InventoryArchiveUtils.FindFolderByPath(scene.InventoryService, userId, "Objects");
             item1.Folder = objsFolder.ID;
             scene.AddInventoryItem(userId, item1);
 
@@ -267,10 +266,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Avatar.Inventory.Archiver.Tests
             CachedUserInfo userInfo 
                 = scene.CommsManager.UserProfileCacheService.GetUserDetails(userFirstName, userLastName);
 
-            //InventoryItemBase foundItem = userInfo.RootFolder.FindItemByPath(itemName);
             InventoryItemBase foundItem 
-                = InventoryArchiveUtils.FindItemByPath(
-                    scene.InventoryService, scene.InventoryService.GetRootFolder(userInfo.UserProfile.ID), itemName);
+                = InventoryArchiveUtils.FindItemByPath( scene.InventoryService, userInfo.UserProfile.ID, itemName);
+            
             Assert.That(foundItem, Is.Not.Null, "Didn't find loaded item");
             Assert.That(
                 foundItem.CreatorId, Is.EqualTo(item1.CreatorId),