Can't browse when creating desktop shortcut

[Gary Dingle]

Have been adding many shortcut icons to the desktop by:

Right click on desktop/new/shortcut
Create shortcut window opens & I hit the browse button, which then
opens a browser window where I can select "This PC" and navigate to
C:\Program files to select the .exe file.

This procedure worked well for about 20 items or so.
Now when I get to the browser window, the only item in the tree is
"Desktop/Gary" - Nothing else, so I can't get to C: drive.

Hoping someone has an answer for this.
In the meantime, I used File Explorer to locate the .exe file & right
click/ send to desktop.

Cheers
Gary

 

[Trouble]

Not sure why your browse button is bugging out and only producing "Desktop", but....
If you start typing into the text box (C:\) "Type the location of the item:" does it then provide any options to choose from as part of the auto-complete function?
I know it sounds generically trivial, but sometimes a simple reboot of the system will sort these types of weirdness.

 

[Gary Dingle]

Have rebooted several times to no avail.
But, yes, if I type C in the text box then a dropdown appears & if I then select one item followed by the browse button I can see all drives etc. So at least can use it this way.
I thought, after creating one like this, the next one maybe OK with just using the browse, but no go, still had to enter something in the text box.
Big thanks for your help