New folder windows 7 missing

An interesting anomaly in case anyone else mentions it. I tried everything I could think of and nothing helped. Eventually I just extracted it again and the 2 version worked fine.

Any ideas why that would happen? Not that it matters, thanks so much! My "new folder" button was visible and even pushable, but it did nothing at all, no matter how many times I pushed it.

Not being able to make a new folder seems like it might be a small problem, but it's not. I"m going to go back and look at the rest of the things on your skydrive and see what they might be for, if there's any explanation. Absolutely Brilliant - I am not sure how I lost the Create "new folder" choice from my right click menu, but I did. But this fix worked great. Thank you!!!! Thank you so much. Its working good, and i solve my issue.

Now i have an option to create a new folder. Thanks a lot for such great effort. Hi Linda I downloaded folderfix. I then decided to restore my system to an earlier date since this problem has cropped up in the last few days. That didn't work:. I was so tired on not having a Folder option. All I do all day is make folders Thank you very much for your help! Your instructions were beautifully clear and accurate.

Thank you SO much! I did everything instructed and it didn't work. So I checked administrator rights in case I'd taken myself off admin for some daft reason and everything was okay. So I tried everything again I right clicked the file and chose merge and got the okay message.

When I right clicked this time, it worked. I followed your steps but could not find steps 4 'Go to my Skydrive and downloand folderfix. I appreciate your help! Couldn't create a new folder using the "New Folder" button in Windows Explorer or by right-clicking and selecting "New Folder". However, I was able to create a new folder using command prompt run as administrator using mkdir. Thank you so so so much! The missing New "Folder" option when right-clicking was driving me insane!

You saved the day and my sanity! Thank you again! I replied previously that your fix worked great. What I did not know is that the "New Folder" selection seems to repeatedly disappear from time to time. This time it seemed to be related to one of seventeen automatic fixes from Microsoft that occurred when I shut down last evening.

Possibly you can have someone in MS take a look at why the problem reoccurs. Fortunately, each time the problem reappears, I am able to reapply your fix successfully which BTW I have saved on my hard drive to avoid searching for your fix each time.

This fixed it for me. I searched for 2 days and I was nervous about downloading and installing a fix. I still have no idea what the culprit was. The last change before "New Folder" disappeared was installing the latest iTunes, but not sure if that was coincidence. Office Office Exchange Server.

Not an IT pro? Windows Client. Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows 7 User Interface. Sign in to vote. Option to create new folder on desktop is missing. All I have is option to create new compressed folder. Thursday, December 24, AM. Hi tut69, The issue should be caused by damaged or incorrect registry key entry. Please check the following registry value: 1.

Regards, Linda. Worked great. Thank You. Sunday, January 3, AM. The option is there, but clicking it doesn't open the "New Shortcut Wizard".

It sounds similar to this, if you have any ideas. Here's the link. If this was helpful, please vote. If it solves the issue, please click Propose as Answer.

Sunday, January 3, PM. Hi Linda, Thanks, your posting kept me from having to reinstall or install another copy of Windows 7 X64 to figure out what the differences were. I did want to note for folks searching here and were screwed over by Unlocker 1. Monday, March 1, AM.

Glad to hear the solution helped. Tuesday, March 2, AM. Thanks - not sure which program caused it to disappear but now it's back. Tuesday, April 13, AM. Thanks for the fix, that worked perfectly! Just so you know; don't use this program : Maybe I'll mail them so they know of this problem application is from , can't blame them :P. Tuesday, November 16, AM. Linda, This same issue occurred for me this week. Any ideas why? Anyway, your fix worked just fine and I have the "new" back. Many thx, Russ.

Tuesday, December 28, AM. Worked awesome thank you. Wednesday, April 27, PM. Saturday, June 18, PM. Just so you know; don't use this program : Maybe I'll mail them so they know of this problem application is from , can't blame them :P Same here.

After I removed BootDeleter from my computer didn't need it anymore anyway and applied reg file provided by Linda Yan thank you very much!!! Wednesday, July 13, AM.

I can also confirm that Boot Deleter which I used to remove a locked file was causing this. Tuesday, November 22, PM.

Never Forget.. Thursday, December 15, PM. Importante aporte, funciona a la perfeccion, puntos para ti, gracias. Tuesday, December 20, AM. Ya it worked very well Tuesday, January 10, AM. Thanks very much. It worked! This problem had been driving me nuts for the past few days. Saturday, July 21, AM. Yep - Boot Deleter was the source of my problem too. You need to go back into Boot Deleter and click "remove from windows shell.

Proposed as answer by hoilar Thursday, August 16, PM. Thursday, August 16, PM. Thanks you ,It's workkkkkkkk God bless you! Saturday, December 29, AM.

Wednesday, April 3, AM. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!! File Extensions. See all ReviverSoft resources. About Us. This might a registry edit to fix. First Registry Method Open the registry editor. This should bring back the Folder menu when you right click or click New Folder. Was this post helpful? Didn't find your answer? Ask a question to our community of experts from around the world and receive an answer in no time at all.

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InstallSafe Protect your browser and PC. Privacy Reviver Complete Privacy Protection. MacReviver Complete Mac Optimization. Registry Reviver Windows Registry Optimizer. Battery Optimizer Laptop Battery Optimization. Active 1 year, 1 month ago. Viewed 2k times. Improve this question. Possible duplicate of Can't create new folder from anywhere in Windows 7. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Please check the following registry value: Click Start, type regedit in Search Bar, and then click regedit in the Programs list.

Go to Skydrive and download folderfix. Save the folderfix. Right click and extract the folderfix. Right click on the folderfix. Click Yes to confirm the modification. Improve this answer. Piman Piman 21 2 2 bronze badges. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook.