
Cannot create new folder from right click menu in Windows 10 Fix.The laptop manufacturers these days have started selling laptops loaded with crapwares and you should try to get rid of them if you can. For example many users claimed that when they uninstalled BootDeleter or Memeo, the bug got fixed. They may be the real culprit behind this issue. Try to uninstall some useless and Troublesome application from your computer. Now, try to create new folder again Fix 6 – Uninstall Troublesome Application Fix 5 – Restart File explorerġ – Open Task manager by hitting CTRL + SHIFT + Esc keys together.Ģ -Now, Locate Windows explorer in it, Just do a right click on windows explorer and choose restart. Just replace folder_name with the name of the folder you want to create. Now, write the command given below in powershell to create a new folder. (Just replace path_of_folder with the location where you want to create new folder) cd path_of_folderįor exapmple if we want to create a new folder in D drive, then we wrill runĤ. Now, try to create New folder again Fix 4 – Use Command prompt to create new folder / directoryġ – Search cmd in windows taskbar search and then right click on the command prompt icon which appears and then click on run as administratorĢ – Now, write the following code given below in it. Fix 2 – Using Windows defenderġ – Search Controlled Folder Access in Windows search box and then click on it Close the Registry Editor and Restart Your computer.

Now, Copy and paste in the Value Data Box and Click OK.ĩ. Select the new Key and then right click on Default on the right side and Choose Modify.Ĩ. Now, Right click on ContextMenuHandlers and create a New > key. Click on ContextMenuHandlers on the left to select it.ĥ. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlersĤ. Now, In registry editor Browse to the following location given below. If Windows is resetting folder permissions to read only, then I believe that the folder is registered with the installer and the installer is resetting permissions to what was specified by the applications setup.exe.3. Or use a different base folder like F:\MyPrograms". You should be able to create new application subfolders like F:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\MySubFolder. I don't recommend doing that.ĭon't manually create folders in F:\Program Files (x86). You could try changing the folder owner from TrustedInstaller to Administrators, but I don't know what impact that would have on the installer. On those folders you can change permissions and create new subfolders like C:\program files\Intel\MyFolder. But if you look at any subfolder for software that you installed, the owner will be administrators. You will see the same issue with c:\program files, and c:\program files (x86). This is the result of some software installation. It appears that this is by design and is related to the fact that TrustedInstaller is the folder owner.
