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  • frenchman96
    PCHF Member
    • Dec 2019
    • 32

    #1

    Cant save to dfesktop

    Recently, I cannot save an Open Office (odt) file to desktop and the same with Wordpad (rtf).

    When I โ€œtry againโ€ and get to the โ€œsave asโ€ stage, it shows in the window that it has saved to desktop, but it cannot be seen there ?
  • DirtyHarry
    PCHF Member
    • Oct 2022
    • 13

    #2
    Try to run Open Office as admin (right click on shortcut, run as Administrator). How many user profiles on your PC?

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    • frenchman96
      PCHF Member
      • Dec 2019
      • 32

      #3
      Originally posted by DirtyHarry
      Try to run Open Office as admin (right click on shortcut, run as Administrator). How many user profiles on your PC?
      I did what you said and tried again to save an odt doc to desktop, but it did not appear. As I have said to others, if i did a โ€œsave asโ€, that window does show the docs i have saved, but they are not PHYSCALLY on the desktop. I am the only one who uses pc if that answers your question.

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      • Pyro
        PCHF Member
        • Jan 2019
        • 1189

        #4
        Right click on the blank space on your desktop and click the โ€œRefreshโ€ button, does this make the files appear?

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        • DirtyHarry
          PCHF Member
          • Oct 2022
          • 13

          #5
          Originally posted by frenchman96
          I did what you said and tried again to save an odt doc to desktop, but it did not appear. As I have said to others, if i did a โ€œsave asโ€, that window does show the docs i have saved, but they are not PHYSCALLY on the desktop. I am the only one who uses pc if that answers your question.
          Do you can access other files from desktop? If so, try to create manually file .odt on desktop and then save your doc here and reopen to see is it successfully saved.
          [ATTACH type=โ€œfullโ€]10836[/ATTACH]

          Also I have suggestion, that your drive may be full. But strange that you have no errors at all.

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          • Bruce
            PCHF Member
            • Oct 2017
            • 10697

            #6
            if you can see your file in the list in the Save As.. dialog box but not actually on the Desktop, maybe you have Donโ€™t show hidden files or folders, or Hide extensions for known file types ticked (unticked, whatever) in Folder Options in File Explorer.

            on right click on the Desktop, click View and check Show Desktop icons is ticked.

            are you seeing any icons on the Desktop?
            how many are there, if too many, are you simply missing it?
            hit the first letter of the filename on the keyboard and hold it in, that will make the cursor fly over all those icons.

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            • frenchman96
              PCHF Member
              • Dec 2019
              • 32

              #7
              Bruce, donโ€™t forget, I donโ€™t have a problem with icons, just saving (and seeing) a file to the desktop

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              • frenchman96
                PCHF Member
                • Dec 2019
                • 32

                #8
                Originally posted by Bruce
                if you can see your file in the list in the Save As.. dialog box but not actually on the Desktop, maybe you have Donโ€™t show hidden files or folders, or Hide extensions for known file types ticked (unticked, whatever) in Folder Options in File Explorer.

                on right click on the Desktop, click View and check Show Desktop icons is ticked.

                are you seeing any icons on the Desktop?
                how many are there, if too many, are you simply missing it?
                hit the first letter of the filename on the keyboard and hold it in, that will make the cursor fly over all those icons.
                Bruce, I do not have a problem with icons, sorry for delay, I am not receiving email notifications?

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                • DirtyHarry
                  PCHF Member
                  • Oct 2022
                  • 13

                  #9
                  Originally posted by frenchman96
                  Bruce, donโ€™t forget, I donโ€™t have a problem with icons, just saving (and seeing) a file to the desktop
                  So after you click save as the new file .odt appears on โ€œdesktopโ€ window inside Open Office? Can you open it with โ€œFile > Recent documentsโ€ tab?

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                  • Malnutrition
                    PCHF Moderator
                    • Jul 2016
                    • 7041

                    #10
                    Refresh explorer.exe
                    It is a simple program to restart windows explorer - It saves open folder is locations and reopen them after the restart, It is a portable freeware.

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                    • Bruce
                      PCHF Member
                      • Oct 2017
                      • 10697

                      #11
                      @frenchman96 - any news?

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                      • Bruce
                        PCHF Member
                        • Oct 2017
                        • 10697

                        #12
                        abandoned

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