This might sound like a simple question but it just doesn't want to work for me in Win10.
I click on the folder bar in the footer. I navigate to the folder I want to create another folder in. I click on the new folder bar in the top menu, and nothing happens. I'm not prompted to name a new folder. This has been like this for a long time. And now it's urgent.
rgds
stu
Right-click on the Start button-->Windows PowerShell. Run the following command:
MkDir "C:\A folder\A new folder"
Replace "C:\A folder\A new folder" with the actual path.
That worked. Thank you. But why can I not create a folder from within windows? I'm sure I used to do that?
Right-click on the Start button
Run the following command and post the output.
sfc /scannow
It will scan the system files for errors, which could be the cause of your problem.
Nope. Found nothing untoward...
sfc /scannowBeginning system scan. This process will take some time.Beginning verification phase of system scan.Verification 100% complete.Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.
In a folder, right-click on any empty space ---▶ New ---▶ Folder
Does it work?
Stu,
Perhaps it's just a Refresh problem rather than a folder creation problem.
The next time is seems to fail, press F5 or right-click, Refresh.
Denis
Nope. When I right click I get the
View
Sort By
Group By
Refresh
Box
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That didn't work also. When I click New Folder, New Item, Folder, I get a blue square rectangle on the first folder. But not prompt to enter a new folder name. After that, Refesh does nothing.
Does the item "Folder" exist at your end? It is just above "Shortcut".
Does "Folder" exist in your Registry?
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder
If "Folder" is missing from the context menu, see the following tutorial:
Add or Remove Default New Context Menu Items in Windows 10
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