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I can't move the icons on my desktop. When I try, I see a cross (like the no smoking sign). Also when I try to access the desktop in the sidebar, I get a warning message: "There is no default application specified to open the document 'Desktop'."

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jul 29, 2020 9:10 AM

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Posted on Jul 29, 2020 9:56 AM

samarth3111 wrote:

I can't move the icons on my desktop. When I try, I see a cross (like the no smoking sign). Also when I try to access the desktop in the sidebar, I get a warning message: "There is no default application specified to open the document 'Desktop'."



Did you try relaunching the Finder


>Force Quit>Finder>Relaunch

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Jul 29, 2020 9:56 AM in response to samarth3111

samarth3111 wrote:

I can't move the icons on my desktop. When I try, I see a cross (like the no smoking sign). Also when I try to access the desktop in the sidebar, I get a warning message: "There is no default application specified to open the document 'Desktop'."



Did you try relaunching the Finder


>Force Quit>Finder>Relaunch

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