Recent Issue with WinXPpro Explorer; Save or Save As dialogs

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Just noticed this after recent flurry of WinXP updates - could just be
correlation, but may be causitive - at any rate someone may have seen
similar and have a solution, please.

When downloading files, any type files, just using IE's dialog, or using
a Download Manager's dialog, Explorer's Save or Save As panels *will not*
allow me to create a new folder on XPpro [current user's] desktop! I am
allowed to save the file to the desktop, and of course, can then create a
new folder directly on the desktop with the context menu, and etc.

Hmmm! It will allow me to create a new folder anywhere else and save any
type file being downloaded into that new folder.

It simply will not allow me to create a new folder on the Desktop.

Could this be some kind of registry alteration? Not experiencing any
other strange issues elsewhere (as of yet).

Thanks for any constructive or super-technological-fragilisticalidousious
ideas and/or information. Thanks to all who give their time to help out.
Microsoft newsgroups actually had a segment on CNN's daytime tech spot.
Great to get the *free* advertising, ehh? (o; [*great* to get some
gratis advice as well!] ((o:\D

Have a nice day!

 

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

In the download box,try the "browse" button to seek out the area you wish
to download the file(s) to.

"Izitso Tillerman" wrote:

> Just noticed this after recent flurry of WinXP updates - could just be
> correlation, but may be causitive - at any rate someone may have seen
> similar and have a solution, please.
>
> When downloading files, any type files, just using IE's dialog, or using
> a Download Manager's dialog, Explorer's Save or Save As panels *will not*
> allow me to create a new folder on XPpro [current user's] desktop! I am
> allowed to save the file to the desktop, and of course, can then create a
> new folder directly on the desktop with the context menu, and etc.
>
> Hmmm! It will allow me to create a new folder anywhere else and save any
> type file being downloaded into that new folder.
>
> It simply will not allow me to create a new folder on the Desktop.
>
> Could this be some kind of registry alteration? Not experiencing any
> other strange issues elsewhere (as of yet).
>
> Thanks for any constructive or super-technological-fragilisticalidousious
> ideas and/or information. Thanks to all who give their time to help out.
> Microsoft newsgroups actually had a segment on CNN's daytime tech spot.
> Great to get the *free* advertising, ehh? (o; [*great* to get some
> gratis advice as well!] ((o:\D
>
> Have a nice day!
>