when I create a new folder all of my desk top folders show up in the new folder. I never had this happen before. I would like my new folder that I am creating for the desktop not to contain all the desktop folders show up in the new folder.
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Open the folder named Desktop in list view.
Next, without choosing anything inside the Desktop folder, choose 'New Folder' from the File menu, and give it a name.
A very ordinary and EMPTY folder should be created in the Desktop folder, which should appear in the Desktop presentation behind all other windows within a second or two.
I don't know what is wrong, but there are other ways to look at Desktop that may not have the same problem.
Desktop is a magic folder whose contents are normally sprayed across the work-surface behind other applications. But it in other respects, it is a folder like any other.
Staring at top level of your Volume, look at your user directory in LIST view:
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Unable to create a new folder on desktop without including existing folders
