Can't save to desktop anymore!

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FiOS Dave

Something has changed in my Home Premium system
such that I can no longer save to the desktop!
When I try, I get an error message stating " You don't
have permission to save in this location."

I do not recall changing ANY permissions to prevent this.
I did have a problem installing Office Home 2007 and
maybe that caused a change.

Where do I need to go to set the permission back to allow
me to save to the desktop?

Thanks,

Dave
 
FiOS Dave said:
Something has changed in my Home Premium system
such that I can no longer save to the desktop!
When I try, I get an error message stating " You don't
have permission to save in this location."

I do not recall changing ANY permissions to prevent this.
I did have a problem installing Office Home 2007 and
maybe that caused a change.

Where do I need to go to set the permission back to allow
me to save to the desktop?
Click to expand...

Not an answer but a tip - it's not a good idea to save data to the desktop
at all, unless it's only temporary. The desktop folder is not designed to
store data in and can easily become corrupt. Create a folder called
"Downloads" or something, depending on what you are doing with the data, and
keep it in your User Account folder.
 
Go to you Personal Folder. Select folder named Desktop. Right-click and
select Properties. After select Security tab, then click button "Advanced".
Then click button "Edit", uncheck "Include inheritable permissions from this
object's parent", in the immediately appeared window select "Remove". Then
check "Include inheritable permissions from this object's parent" again and
then click OK 3 times. In that manner you will reset permissions for Desktop
folder.

If you continue to experience problems, open Command Prompt in your Personal
Folder and type command
icacls desktop
That information will help us for troubleshooting.
 
Spasebo!

Yes, that did the trick. I have no idea what changed the permissions,
but now all is "right with the world."
Some people have said that saving to the desktop is not a good idea,
however, I have been doing it for years with no ill effect.
I find it very handy to be able to do so, as I use the Desktop as a
temporary holding space for a number of purposes.
It makes things easy to find without having to go down several levels.
Again, many thanks for a quick, concise and accurate answer!

Dave
 
Thanks Gordon, but I am only using the Desktop for temporary storage
in this case. Please see Dimitriy's response, as that was exactly what
I was looking for, and it did exactly what I needed.

Dave
 
Go to you Personal Folder. Select folder named Desktop. Right-click and
select Properties. After select Security tab, then click button "Advanced".
Then click button "Edit", uncheck "Include inheritable permissions from this
object's parent", in the immediately appeared window select "Remove". Then
check "Include inheritable permissions from this object's parent" again and
then click OK 3 times. In that manner you will reset permissions for Desktop
folder.

If you continue to experience problems, open Command Prompt in your Personal
Folder and type command
icacls desktop
That information will help us for troubleshooting.
 
Go to you Personal Folder. Select folder named Desktop. Right-click and
select Properties. After select Security tab, then click button "Advanced".
Then click button "Edit", uncheck "Include inheritable permissions from this
object's parent", in the immediately appeared window select "Remove". Then
check "Include inheritable permissions from this object's parent" again and
then click OK 3 times. In that manner you will reset permissions for Desktop
folder.

If you continue to experience problems, open Command Prompt in your Personal
Folder and type command
icacls desktop
That information will help us for troubleshooting.
 
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