New Folder Is The Only Option In The Desktop Context Menu

Discussion in 'Software' started by jools1976, Jan 13, 2022.

  1. jools1976

    jools1976 Sergeant

    So I noticed today that my desktop computer running Win 10 x64 suddenly has no other option in the desktop context menu other than New --> Folder. Text files, Office files, Shortcuts are all missing. And also, it's not a normal folder icon, it's the administrator shield. When I go to create a folder using it, it gives me a permission window asking if 'File Operation' can make changes to my computer. And if I try and save anything to the desktop, it tells me I don't have the right permissions. I can copy stuff to the desktop if I click through a permission window. Anybody know how to reset my permissions back to default? I tried icacls in the command prompt, but everything was access denied...
     
  2. jools1976

    jools1976 Sergeant

    Got it fixed. I ran the following command in an elevated command prompt:

    icacls "C:\Users\%username%\Desktop" /reset /t /c /l

    Where %username% is my account name. I had run it before using * instead of the desktop specifically and it denied me access. This worked though.
     

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