I no longer have the ability to create a folder "on the fly" in Windows ???

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Talahasee

I no longer have the ability to create a folder "on the fly"
in Windows.

???


Whatever I am downloading, I normally download to my
desktop, and create a folder on the desktop into which I
save my new download.

In the past few months, I have noticed that I have to stop
everything, clear my desk (Show Desktop), then right click
on the desktop to create a folder, name the folder, THEN go
BACK to the download and save it into the newly created
folder. That icon that creates a new folder in my "Save As"
window no longer works!

:-(


Since I probably do 10 - 20 or more download/saves a day,
this gets quite annoying.

can someone tell me what happened? I've re-installed my
system all the way down to fdisking and formatting, with
fresh installs, some 3 - 4 times, but still no "folder on
the fly" option.

Is there an easy fix?

TIA


Tallahassee
 
Talahasee said:
I no longer have the ability to create a folder "on the fly"
in Windows.

???


Whatever I am downloading, I normally download to my
desktop, and create a folder on the desktop into which I
save my new download.

In the past few months, I have noticed that I have to stop
everything, clear my desk (Show Desktop), then right click
on the desktop to create a folder, name the folder, THEN go
BACK to the download and save it into the newly created
folder. That icon that creates a new folder in my "Save As"
window no longer works!

:-(


Since I probably do 10 - 20 or more download/saves a day,
this gets quite annoying.

can someone tell me what happened? I've re-installed my
system all the way down to fdisking and formatting, with
fresh installs, some 3 - 4 times, but still no "folder on
the fly" option.

Is there an easy fix?

TIA


Tallahassee
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It is probably a system thing where it compensates for double posting of
news postings by not creating folders.

Have you tried creating a folder on your desktop called downloads and seeing
if you can create the folders inside it? Some Folders (like My Documents)
can get problems when you reach a particular number of items saved there-
perhaps it's the same- although I haven't heard it previously. Perhaps you
have some directory or file corruption- have you ran the in-built checking
tools to check file/folder integrity?

Do you need a reply for each of your postings or are you happy with one?
 
It is probably a system thing where it compensates for double posting of
news postings by not creating folders.

Have you tried creating a folder on your desktop called downloads and seeing
if you can create the folders inside it? Some Folders (like My Documents)
can get problems when you reach a particular number of items saved there-
perhaps it's the same- although I haven't heard it previously. Perhaps you
have some directory or file corruption- have you ran the in-built checking
tools to check file/folder integrity?
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I don't know that I am aware of how to do that.

At any rate, this problem started a few months ago, and even
though I've probably reinstalled the entire system from
"fdisk" like 3 or 4 times now ( to fix this issue as well as
several others), this issue has not resolved itself.

I simply can't make folders on the Desktop on the fly. I
have stop whatever else I'm doing, do a "Show Desktop",
create a folder, then go back to the "save" and save to the
Desktop folder I just created.

As for whether the little icon in the "Save As" window is
operative, it SEEMS to be. I click on it, and it seems to
respond.

It just doesn't create new folders.

Something seems to be amuck in the code.


Do you need a reply for each of your postings or are you happy with one?
Click to expand...

As for replying to both postings, I thought I'd deleted the
first one, since I had made a tiny error. When I posted the
2nd one, I find I had both on the queue.

Yes, kindly answer both!

:-)


Tallahassee
 
is it there and greyed out? (the little create folder button)
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No, the little icon is not grayed out. It looks normal, and
when I click it, it seems to respond; it just doesn't create
a new folder.

?????


Tallahassee
 
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