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Saving to Desktop is hit or miss
I have a problem that manifests on both my work laptop (Lenovo T450, an oldie) and my new high-end Dell desktop (Dell XPS 8920).
I'll save to Desktop a file (from Excel, or an email attachment). Or I'll save a download to Desktop from a web browser (usually Firefox, sometimes IE).
Sometimes the file will save, but VERY SLOWLY, even if it's a tiny file. The app is unresponsive until the errant save has completed. I'll have this problem for a while, and then at some random later date it will go away ... and then come back later. Other times it's fast. I get this only on the laptop.
Sometimes the saved file is empty/0 bytes when saving from the browser ... and the browser Downloads panel says "failed". (Saving instead to the Downloads folder works fine. Always, I think.)
Sometimes the file saves but I have no permission to access it. I have to change its properties (take ownership and grant full access).
And sometimes it all works fine without intervention.
It's more frequent on the work laptop. My IT guy at work says that Windows 10 has problems saving to Desktop, but he does not know why (or does not say why).
I never saw this behavior on Windows 7.