{"id":19,"date":"2013-05-03T17:54:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T17:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zofxare.com\/zofxare\/blog\/2013\/05\/03\/cant-create-new-folder-windows-7-fix\/"},"modified":"2013-05-03T17:54:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-03T17:54:00","slug":"cant-create-new-folder-windows-7-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zofxare.com\/zofxare\/blog\/2013\/05\/03\/cant-create-new-folder-windows-7-fix\/","title":{"rendered":"Can’t Create New Folder Windows 7 Fix"},"content":{"rendered":"

A month or so ago, I noticed the strangest thing on my laptop. I couldn’t create a new folder from within Windows Explorer. However, I could create a new folder using the mkdir command from within a command prompt window. I have no idea what happened to cause this. I’m guessing it was caused by an installation or a windows update.<\/br>
\nToday I finally took the time to see if I could fix it. Luckily, I did. After some Google searching, I decided to give this suggestion a try: http:\/\/social.technet.microsoft.com\/Forums\/en-US\/w7itprogeneral\/thread\/97de8a2a-12f2-4381-a409-a78f4ae551cf<\/a><\/br><\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

which states:<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

First, please use System File Checker tool to troubleshoot this issue.<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

If the issue persists, import the following registry key and see if the issue can be resolved.<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

First, please refer to this knowledge base (KB) article to back up the registry key. After backing up the registry, please follow the steps below to import the registry:<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

1. Click Start, type Notepad in the Search bar and pres ENTER.<\/br>
\n2. Copy the following commands and then paste them into the open Notepad window.<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{11dbb47c-a525-400b-9e80-a54615a090c0}]<\/br>
\n@=”CLSID_ExecuteFolder”<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{11dbb47c-a525-400b-9e80-a54615a090c0}InProcServer32]<\/br>
\n@=”ExplorerFrame.dll”<\/br>
\n“ThreadingModel”=”Apartment”<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDirectoryBackgroundshellexContextMenuHandlersNew]<\/br>
\n@=”{D969A300-E7FF-11d0-A93B-00A0C90F2719}”<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFolder]<\/br>
\n@=”Folder”<\/br>
\n“EditFlags”=hex:d2,03,00,00<\/br>
\n“FullDetails”=”prop:System.PropGroup.Description;System.ItemNameDisplay;System.ItemType;System.Size”<\/br>
\n“ThumbnailCutoff”=dword:00000000<\/br>
\n“TileInfo”=”prop:System.Title;System.PropGroup.Description;System.ItemType”<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFolderDefaultIcon]<\/br>
\n@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,<\/br>
\n 00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,<\/br>
\n 65,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,33,00,00,00<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFoldershell]<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFoldershellexplore]<\/br>
\n“MultiSelectModel”=”Document”<\/br>
\n“BrowserFlags”=dword:00000022<\/br>
\n“ExplorerFlags”=dword:00000021<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFoldershellexplorecommand]<\/br>
\n@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,<\/br>
\n 00,5c,00,45,00,78,00,70,00,6c,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,<\/br>
\n 65,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,65,00,70,00,61,00,72,00,61,00,74,00,65,00,2c,00,2f,<\/br>
\n 00,65,00,2c,00,2f,00,69,00,64,00,6c,00,69,00,73,00,74,00,2c,00,25,00,49,00,<\/br>
\n 2c,00,25,00,4c,00,00,00<\/br>
\n“DelegateExecute”=”{11dbb47c-a525-400b-9e80-a54615a090c0}”<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFoldershellopen]<\/br>
\n“MultiSelectModel”=”Document”<\/br>
\n“BrowserFlags”=dword:00000010<\/br>
\n“ExplorerFlags”=dword:00000012<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFoldershellopencommand]<\/br>
\n@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,<\/br>
\n 00,5c,00,45,00,78,00,70,00,6c,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,<\/br>
\n 65,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,65,00,70,00,61,00,72,00,61,00,74,00,65,00,2c,00,2f,<\/br>
\n 00,69,00,64,00,6c,00,69,00,73,00,74,00,2c,00,25,00,49,00,2c,00,25,00,4c,00,<\/br>
\n 00,00<\/br>
\n“DelegateExecute”=”{11dbb47c-a525-400b-9e80-a54615a090c0}”<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFoldershellex]<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFoldershellexColumnHandlers]<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFoldershellexColumnHandlers{F9DB5320-233E-11D1-9F84-707F02C10627}]<\/br>
\n@=”PDF Column Info”<\/br><\/p>\n

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFoldershellexContextMenuHandlers]<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFoldershellexContextMenuHandlersBriefcaseMenu]<\/br>
\n@=”{85BBD920-42A0-1069-A2E4-08002B30309D}”<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFoldershellexContextMenuHandlersOffline Files]<\/br>
\n@=”{474C98EE-CF3D-41f5-80E3-4AAB0AB04301}”<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFoldershellexContextMenuHandlers{a2a9545d-a0c2-42b4-9708-a0b2badd77c8}]<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFoldershellexDragDropHandlers]<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFoldershellexDragDropHandlers{BD472F60-27FA-11cf-B8B4-444553540000}]<\/br>
\n@=””<\/br><\/p>\n

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFoldershellexPropertySheetHandlers]<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFoldershellexPropertySheetHandlersBriefcasePage]<\/br>
\n@=”{85BBD920-42A0-1069-A2E4-08002B30309D}”<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFoldershellexPropertySheetHandlersOffline Files]<\/br>
\n@=”{7EFA68C6-086B-43e1-A2D2-55A113531240}”<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFolderShellNew]<\/br>
\n“Directory”=””<\/br>
\n“IconPath”=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,<\/br>
\n 74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,<\/br>
\n 00,68,00,65,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,33,00,<\/br>
\n 00,00<\/br>
\n“ItemName”=”@shell32.dll,-30396”<\/br>
\n“MenuText”=”@shell32.dll,-30317”<\/br>
\n“NonLFNFileSpec”=”@shell32.dll,-30319”<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFolderShellNewConfig]<\/br>
\n“AllDrives”=””<\/br>
\n“IsFolder”=””<\/br>
\n“NoExtension”=””<\/br><\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

3. After pasting the above commands, please click File on the menu and click Save.<\/br>
\n4. Type in NewFolder.reg as the file name, select to save the file on the Desktop. Click Save.<\/br>
\n5. Go to the Desktop, and double click NewFolder.reg. A dialog box will pop-up saying “Are you sure you want to add the information in fix.reg to the registry?”. Click Yes to confirm.<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

Note: Administrative privileges are required to perform the above steps. Please click “Continue” when the User Account Control dialog-box appears.<\/br><\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

I did everything as stated above:<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

1. Open up a command prompt window by right clicking Run As Administrator and type in: sfc \/scannow – No problems were found for me.<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

2. I backed up the registry by going to Start and typing in regedit. Click on Computer in the left panel. Go to File, Export, type in a file name and save.<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

3. Open up Notepad and copy all of the above from Step 2 in the article suggestion. Follow Steps 3, 4, and 5 from the article suggestion. I did get a pop up box similar to Step 5, but it was worded differently. I then got another pop up box with an error message that other processes were in use and the key couldn’t be written. <\/br>
\nI then tried creating a New Folder in Windows Explorer by right clicking. The New Folder option still wasn’t there, so I clicked on the New Folder menu item. Guess what? A new folder was created! I then tried the right click and New Folder is now showing as an option.<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

No idea what caused the problem of not being able to create a New Folder from within Windows Explorer, but that was the fix that worked for me.
\nBTW, my laptop is running Windows 7.<\/br><\/br><\/br><\/p>\n

More Windows 7 Resources<\/a>\"\"<\/br><\/br><\/br><\/p>\n